Chapter 28

Eyes flicking back and forth to compare, Eoin didn't risk voicing or writing anything down. The protein was a signal of the X chromosome, and designed to link to it were a couple of seemingly harmless amino acids. Eoin's mind ran swiftly through the possibilities of what the combination could create. He'd have to mimic it in the next attempt. Something else caught his eye, now he'd looked at it in a different manner. A curious gene that was tagged with a different protein. The combination made no sense. Sitting back, Eoin closed his eyes and visualized these two new discoveries against the anomalies he'd found the other day. A picture began to form in his mind, linking the various pieces together in a new theory. Opening his eyes, hands almost trembling with excitement, he ordered the various bits of equipment out on the desk and threw himself into his work.