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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Mitochondria sit at the heart of all multicellular life.
Chapter 3: Mitochondria provide our bodies with power.
Chapter 4: Unlike eukaryotes, bacteria could never have become complex beings.
Chapter 5: Eukaryotes became more complex as their energy efficiency improved.
Chapter 6: Mitochondria control cell death and the evolution of sex.
Chapter 7: Mitochondrial DNA highlights the greatest divide between the sexes and maps our lineage.
Chapter 8: The roots of aging and death lie inside mitochondria.
Description
Power, Sex, Suicide (2005) reveals the incredible role that mitochondria play in the evolution of complex life forms. The book looks at various functions of multicellular organisms, including energy generation, cellular relationships and life cycles, and demonstrates the influence of mitochondria in each of these areas.
Who Should Listen
- Biologists and biology students
- People interested in the origin and evolution of life
- Those who want to know more about life, sex and death from a biological perspective