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A genome is the entirety of all genetic information of an organism that is stored in the DNA. It includes all genes and contains the blueprints for the development, function and reproduction of an organism. It is humanity's most personal and precise content about itself. The genome of a single person is 99.9% identical to that of all others and only 0.1% of the genome makes a person unique or an individual. It is present in every cell of an organism - a two-meter-long biological data set in the form of the famous double helix. Due to the enormous size (3.2 billion base pairs) of this biological data set, the risk of confusion between of individual humans is practically zero. A saliva sample is used to sequence a person's genome, in other words, the entire DNA is analyzed and stored as a digital data set. This data package (approx. 3.1 GB) is modulated onto the laser on a day when the weather and orientation of the earth are suitable and sets off on its way to a previously selected exoplanet. Depending on the distance to the target planet, the laser signal can take anywhere from several years to centuries. During the transmission phase, the divergence (expansion) of the laser beam ensures that the entire planetary system of the target star is reached and outshone. Furthermore, this results in an exponential decrease in signal strength per area, so that only a technologically advanced civilization would be able to receive and correctly interpret the signal. The remaining signal continues its journey into the infinite expanse.

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