01839nam a22003494a 4500 ebr10180687 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050711s2005 enka sb 001 0 eng 2005019700 9780192804815 (alk. paper) 0192804812 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)76967066 QH603.M5 L36 2005eb 571.6/57 22 Lane, Nick. Power, sex, suicide [electronic resource] : mitochondria and the meaning of life / 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. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10180687 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 142530 142530