Power, sex, suicide : mitochondria and the meaning of life /

Power, sex, suicide : mitochondria and the meaning of life /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lane, Nick, 1967-
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description:	xiii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mitochondria. Mitochondrial DNA Energy metabolism. Eukaryotic cells -- Evolution. Mitochondria. DNA, Mitochondrial. Energy Metabolism. Eukaryotic Cells. Evolution, Molecular. Energy metabolism. Eukaryotic cells -- Evolution. Mitochondria. Mitochondrial DNA.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5816502

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780192804815 (alk. paper) 0192804812 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-346) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: Mitochondria - clandestine rulers of the world
2. Hopeful monster - the origin of the eukaryotic cell
3. The vital force: Proton power and the origin of life
4. Insider deal: Why mitochondria are needed for the evolution of complexity
5. Power laws: Size and the ramp of ascending complexity
6. Power, sex, suicide: The troubled birth of the individual
7. Battle of the sexes: Human prehistory and the nature of gender
8. Clock of life: Why mitochondria kill us in the end