Power, sex, suicide mitochondria and the meaning of life

Power, sex, suicide : mitochondria and the meaning of life / Nick Lane.

Author/creator	Lane, Nick, 1967-
Format	Electronic and Book
Edition	Second edition.
Publication Info	Oxford ; Oxford University Press,
Description	xxviii, 523 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Mitochondria. Mitochondrial DNA. Energy metabolism. Eukaryotic cells--Evolution.

Series	Oxford landmark science
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?
General note	Previous edition: 2005.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-512) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018948319
ISBN	9780198831907 (pbk.)
ISBN	0198831900 (pbk.)

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