Power, sex, suicide mitochondria and the meaning of life / [electronic resource] :
Nick Lane.
- Second edition.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- xxviii, 523 p. : ill.
- Oxford landmark science series .
- Oxford landmark science. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The deepest evolutionary chasm -- Quest for a progenitor -- The hydrogen hypothesis -- The meaning of respiration -- Proton power -- The origin of life -- Why bacteria are simple -- Why mitochondria make complexity possible -- The power laws of biology -- The warm-blooded revolution -- Conflict in the body -- Foundations of the individual -- The asymmetry of sex -- What human prehistory says about the sexes -- Why there are two sexes -- The mitochondrial theory of ageing -- Demise of the self-correcting machine -- A cure for old age?
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780192567840
Mitochondria. Mitochondrial DNA. Energy metabolism. Eukaryotic cells--Evolution.