Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the meaning of life. Now with a new preface
(Sprache: Englisch)
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:...
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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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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Power, Sex, Suicide “
- Introduction: Mitochondria: Clandestine Rulers of the World
- Part 1: Hopeful Monster: The Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell
- 1: The Deepest Evolutionary Chasm
- 2: Quest for a Progenitor
- 3: The Hydrogen Hypothesis
- Part 2: The Vital Force: Proton Power and the Origin of Life
- 4: The Meaning of Respiration
- 5: Proton Power
- 6: The Origin of Life
- Part 3: Insider Deal: The Foundations of Complexity
- 7: Why Bacteria are Simple
- 8: Why Mitochondria Make Complexity Possible
- Part 4: Power Laws: Size and the Ramp of Ascending Complexity
- 9: The Power Laws of Biology
- 10: The Warm-Blooded Revolution
- Part 5: Murder or Suicide: The Troubled Birth of the Individual
- 11: Conflict in the Body
- 12: Foundations of the Individual
- Part 6: Battle of the Sexes: Human Pre-History and the Nature of Gender
- 13: The Asymmetry of Sex
- 14: What Human Prehistory Says About the Sexes
- 15: Why There Are Two Sexes
- Part 7: Clock of Life: Why Mitochondria Kill us in the End
- 16: The Mitochondrial Theory of Ageing
- 17: Demise of the Self-Correcting Machine
- 18: A Cure for Old Age?
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Nick Lane
Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment at University College London, where he is now Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry. Professor Lane's research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of complex cells. He was a founding member of the UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research, and is leading the UCL Research Frontiers Origins of Life programme. He was awarded the 2011 BMC Research Award for Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolution, and the 2015 Biochemical Society Award for his sustained and diverse contribution to the molecular life sciences and the public understanding of science. His books include Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (OUP, 2002; 2016). Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Nick Lane
- 2018, 2. Auflage, 560 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Masse: 12,7 x 19,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198831900
- ISBN-13: 9780198831907
Sprache:
Englisch
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