Power, sex, suicide [electronic resource] : mitochondria and the meaning of life / Nick Lane.

By: Lane, NickContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford landmark sciencePublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: Second editionDescription: xxviii, 523 p. : illISBN: 9780192567840Subject(s): Mitochondria | Mitochondrial DNA | Energy metabolism | Eukaryotic cells -- EvolutionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 571.6/57 LOC classification: QH603.M5 | L36 2018Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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?
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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.

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