Power, Sex, Suicide
By Nick Lane
Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Summary of Power, Sex, Suicide book by Nick Lane
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.
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What do you get from this book? Discover mitochondria’s powerful role in the origin, development, and advancement of humanity
Mitochondria supply cells with energy, but scientists debate whether they developed from “contingent” or “convergent” evolution
“Mainstream theory” believes eukaryotic cells formed from the merger of oxygen-hating and oxygen-loving bacteria, despite vast differences
The “hydrogen hypothesis” promotes symbiosis, and “atp” is what makes respiration, thus energy, possible
“Proton pumping” is essential to life, and Iron-Sulphur minerals act as the catalyst
Natural selection limits geometry and genes, keeping bacteria small while allowing eukaryotic cells to grow
Metabolic rate is dependent on body mass and surface area and influences the selection of warm or cold blood
Cancer results when cells escape “apoptosis” and exhibit parasitic behavior, creating conflict, division, and mutation
Mitochondrial DNA is passed on through females, but we need two sexes to complete one cell
Mitochondria are responsible for aging; if scientists can control them, we can slow or stop the process
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Educators • students • scientists • doctors • biologists • evolutionary anthropologists
About the author of Power, Sex, Suicide
Nick Lane
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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