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Children

Genie has an idea. A story about the genome

by Dr Elina Zueva

Available for free as:

Collection : Curious Minds

Age: from 4 years old
Pagination: 32 pages
Size: 210 x 210 mm
Binding: Hardback
Language: French
Publication: December 2019
Price: 8,90 € (book available from the Actine association)
ISBN: 978-2-914686-93-8

The Genome Kingdom consists of a single street, DNA Street. The Gene family lives there peacefully when one day, a bad Transposon wants to settle there. To make room for himself, he wants to destroy homes. Fortunately, Genie has an idea.

About the author

Researcher at the Institut Curie’s immunotherapy center, Elina Zueva focuses on regulatory signals, encoded by elements that can be transposed into immune cells.

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