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Power, Sex, Suicide

Power, Sex, Suicide

By Nick Lane

Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life. Oxford University Press, 2005.

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A brief summary of Power, Sex, Suicide

A straightforward and easily comprehensible examination of mitochondria and their role in life, death, and evolution, including innovative research on how and why diseases grow, with future possibilities for preventing them.

Key insights in Power, Sex, Suicide

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What do you get from this book? Discover mitochondria’s powerful role in the origin, development, and advancement of humanity
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Mitochondria supply cells with energy, but scientists debate whether they developed from “contingent” or “convergent” evolution
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“Mainstream theory” believes eukaryotic cells formed from the merger of oxygen-hating and oxygen-loving bacteria, despite vast differences
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The “hydrogen hypothesis” promotes symbiosis, and “atp” is what makes respiration, thus energy, possible
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“Proton pumping” is essential to life, and Iron-Sulphur minerals act as the catalyst
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Natural selection limits geometry and genes, keeping bacteria small while allowing eukaryotic cells to grow
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Metabolic rate is dependent on body mass and surface area and influences the selection of warm or cold blood
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Cancer results when cells escape “apoptosis” and exhibit parasitic behavior, creating conflict, division, and mutation
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Mitochondrial DNA is passed on through females, but we need two sexes to complete one cell
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Mitochondria are responsible for aging; if scientists can control them, we can slow or stop the process
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Who should read Power, Sex, Suicide

Educators • students • scientists • doctors • biologists • evolutionary anthropologists

About the author of Power, Sex, Suicide

British author and scientist Nick Lane has devoted his professional life to the study of biochemistry and medicine. As an educator at the prestigious University College London, Lane strives to make science both accessible and interesting to his students as well as his readers. His work has earned multiple awards.

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