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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467395003321

Autore

Lane Nick

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2018

ISBN

0-19-256784-5

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Collana

Oxford landmark science series

Disciplina

571.6/57

Soggetti

Mitochondria

Mitochondrial DNA

Energy metabolism

Eukaryotic cells - Evolution

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?