Power, Sex, Suicide Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

Name: Power, Sex, Suicide Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
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ISBN: 9780199205646

ISBN-10: 0199205647

ISBN-13: 9780199205646

Edition: 2006

Authors: Nick Lane

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Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell nucleus. It is thought that they were once bacteria living independent lives. Theirenslavement within the larger cell was a turning point in the evolution of life, enabling the development of complex organisms and, closely related, the origin of two sexes. Unlike the DNA in the nucleus,…

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List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/11/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction Mitochondria: Clandestine Rulers of the World



Hopeful Monster: The Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell



The Deepest Evolutionary Chasm



Quest for a Progenitor



The Hydrogen Hypothesis



The Vital Force: Proton Power and the Origin of Life



The Meaning of Respiration



Proton Power



The Origin of Life



Insider Deal: The Foundations of Complexity



Why Bacteria are Simple



Why Mitochondria Make Complexity Possible



Power Laws: Size and the Ramp of Ascending Complexity



The Power Laws of Biology



The Warm-Blooded Revolution



Murder or Suicide: The Troubled Birth of the Individual



Conflict in the Body



Foundations of the Individual



Battle of the Sexes: Human Pre-History and the Nature of Gender



The Asymmetry of Sex



What Human Pre-history Says About the Sexes



Why There Are Two Sexes



Clock of Life: Why Mitochondria Kill us in the End



The Mitochondrial Theory of Ageing



Demise of the Self-Correcting Machine



A Cure for Old Age?


Epilogue


Glossary


Further Reading


Index