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The Calcutta chromosome

a novel of fevers, delirium & discovery

by Amitav Ghosh

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A computer operator in New York stumbles on information regarding an experiment in 1895 Calcutta to change people. In the experiment, mosquitos were used to transfer chromosomes from one person to another.

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Book data: Open Library