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Darwin's radio

Greg Bear · 1999 · Novel

Setting: near future

Series: Darwin — #1

Synopsis

"Virus hunter" Christopher Dicken is a man on a mission, following a trail of rumors, government cover-ups, and dead bodies around the globe in search of a mysterious disease that strikes only pregnant women and invariably results in miscarriage. But when Dicken finds what he's looking for, the answer proves to be stranger--and far deadlier--than he ever could have imagined. Something that has slept in human DNA for millions of years is waking up.Molecular biologist Kaye Lang has spent her career tracing ancient retroviruses in the human genome. She believes these microscopic fossils can come to life again.

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Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: FictionWomen molecular biologistsDNA virusesScience FictionHuman evolutionEvolutionVirusesEvolution (Biology)Fiction, thrillers, generalFiction, medical

isfdb_id: 19920

openlibrary_id: OL16508W

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