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What can your beautiful genome reveal about you?

By Clare Wilson

31 August 2011

Lone Frank delves into her genetic code to separate science from spin in what makes for an enthralling read

WITH alcoholism, manic depression and suicide attempts in the family, hardly needed genetic testing to tell her she might have problems in store. Still, that’s the route the Danish science journalist decided to pursue in this masochistic journey of self-discovery.

Despite covering hard-core molecular biology this book is anything but dull, leavened as it is with the author’s acerbic self-reflections. After a personality test, a psychologist ventures that Frank’s threshold for becoming irritated with people is lower than average.…

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