The Hunt for FOXP5

By: Wallace Kaufman and David Deamer

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Synopsis: Genetics professor Michelle Murphy losesher husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while theirbrilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornlybelieves she is a mutant. As if this were not enough she soon findsherself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacyof Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic transcription factor thatcould herald the dawn of new human species. Initially caught helplessly betweenwell-meaning fellow scientists, the government and more sinister agents,Michelle, with the help of a host of unlikely heroes, eventually takes controland finds the courage to confront the decision of whether to save human livesor humanity. The scientific andtechnical aspects underlying the plot - in particular aspects of FOX proteins,genetic mutations, viruses and cancer as well as the relation betweenintelligence and cortical complexity - are introduced and discussed by theauthors in an extensive non-technical appendix.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319289618
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing, Cham
Date of Addition:: 09/12/16
Copyrighted By:: Springer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
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