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" Power, sex, suicide : "
Nick Lane.
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BL
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873974
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Lane, Nick,1967-
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Power, sex, suicide : : mitochondria and the meaning of life /\ Nick Lane.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford, United Kingdom ;New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2018.
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Oxford landmark science
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xxviii, 523 pages :: illustrations ;; 20 cm.
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| ISBN
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0198831900
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: 9780198831907
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"Now with a new preface"--Cover.
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Previous edition: 2005.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-512) and index.
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| Contents
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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 pre history 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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| Abstract
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Mitochondria are tiny structures within all our cells, believed to have once evolved from bacteria living independent lives. Drawing on cutting edge research, this book explores the fundamental role they play in some of the biggest themes in biology: evolution, the origin of the sexes, in growth, ageing, disease, and in death.
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Energy metabolism.
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Eukaryotic cells-- Evolution.
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Mitochondria.
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Mitochondrial DNA.
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Energy metabolism.
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Eukaryotic cells-- Evolution.
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Mitochondria.
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Mitochondrial DNA.
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Mitochondria.
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DNA, Mitochondrial.
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Energy Metabolism.
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Eukaryotic Cells.
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Evolution, Molecular.
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| Dewey Classification
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571.657
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QH603.M5L36 2018
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QU 350L266p 2018
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