Lane, Nick.
Power, sex, suicide mitochondria and the meaning of life / [electronic resource] : Nick Lane. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - xiii, 354 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Mitochondria.
Mitochondrial DNA.
Energy metabolism.
Eukaryotic cells--Evolution.
Electronic books.
QH603.M5 / L36 2005eb
571.6/57
Power, sex, suicide mitochondria and the meaning of life / [electronic resource] : Nick Lane. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - xiii, 354 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Mitochondria.
Mitochondrial DNA.
Energy metabolism.
Eukaryotic cells--Evolution.
Electronic books.
QH603.M5 / L36 2005eb
571.6/57