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Power, sex, suicide : mitochondria and the meaning of life

Nick Lane
Mitochondria are tiny structures within all our cells, believed to have once evolved from bacteria living independent lives. Drawing on cutting edge research, this book explores the fundamental role they play in some of the biggest themes in biology: evolution, the origin of the sexes, in growth, ageing, disease, and in death. - ;Power, Sex, Suicide, Complexity, Individuality, Fertility, Prehistory, Ageing, Death. These universal themes are all linked by mitochondria - the tiny structures located inside our cells - miniature powerhouses that use oxygen to generate power. There are hundreds of
eBook, English, 2005
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005
1 online resource (xiii, 354 pages) : illustrations
9780191513015, 9781429421485, 9786610752652, 9780199205646, 0191513016, 1429421487, 6610752656, 0199205647
76967066
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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