3 Billion Base Pairs
By Chleo_Chleo
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  • Science Fiction
  • agoraphobia
  • dark
  • dna
  • featured
  • future
  • genetic-engineering
  • genetics
  • isolation
  • modification
  • mutation
  • newadult
  • scfi
  • science
  • sciencefiction
  • thebookerawards

Description

Genetic modification has changed the fabric of society. Birthing rights, job opportunities, insurance policies, and school admissions all depend on the value of your DNA. The rich elite pay for their children to be brilliant and beautiful and brave. They live in wealthy Districts and watch as the rest of the population are forced to inhabit poverty-stricken Slums. But, everything is not as it seems; some aspects of the genome are better left untouched. For years, behavioral disorders have been correlated to specific genomic features. Unique methylation patterns indicating sociopathy, and psychopathy. Transcriptome commonalities between pyromaniacs, and violent criminals. To house these genetic deviants and keep their cities safe, the Districts rely on rehabilitation centres. During her yearly DNA test, Willa Reyez's is deemed sociopathic. After years of isolation she is forced to learn her own truth. After all, correlation does not imply causation.

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