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Autore |
Lane Nick |
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Titolo |
Power, sex, suicide [[electronic resource] ] : mitochondria and the meaning of life / / Nick Lane |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2018 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford landmark science series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mitochondria |
Mitochondrial DNA |
Energy metabolism |
Eukaryotic cells - Evolution |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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