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Power, Sex, Suicide : Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

By Lane , Nick

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780198831907, 0198831900
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4016298 bytes)
Series
Oxford landmark science
Edition
2nd edition
Pages
553\554
Topic
Biology
Time added
2020-02-07 13:42:49
Mitochondria;Mitochondrial DNA;Energy metabolism;E

Description

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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