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

Author/creator Lane, Nick, 1967-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxiii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005019700
ISBN9780192804815 (alk. paper)
ISBN0192804812 (alk. paper)

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