Power, Sex, Suicide 在线电子书 图书标签: 英语 自然科学 科普 美国 电子版 English
发表于2024-11-08
Power, Sex, Suicide 在线电子书 pdf 下载 txt下载 epub 下载 mobi 下载 2024
生命在于运动
评分生命在于运动
评分生命在于运动
评分生命在于运动
评分生命在于运动
Dr. 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 a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry.
Dr. Lane’s research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of complex cells. Dr Lane 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.
Nick Lane received the Michael Faraday Award 2016 from The Royal Society and presents the Faraday Lecture “Why is Life the way it is?.
Nick Lane is the author of four acclaimed books on evolutionary biochemistry, which have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide, and have been translated into 20 languages.
Author's website: nick-lane.net
Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell nucleus. It is thought that they were once bacteria living independent lives. Their enslavement within the larger cell was a turning point in the evolution of life, enabling the development of complex organisms and, closely related, the origin of two sexes. Unlike the DNA in the nucleus, mitochondrial DNA is passed down exclusively (or almost exclusively) via the female line. That's why it has been used by some researchers to trace human ancestry daughter-to-mother, to 'Mitochondrial Eve'. Mitochondria give us important information about our evolutionary history. And that's not all. Mitochondrial genes mutate much faster than those in the nucleus because of the free radicals produced in their energy-generating role. This high mutation rate lies behind our ageing and certain congenital diseases. The latest research suggests that mitochondria play a key role in degenerative diseases such as cancer, through their involvement in precipitating cell suicide.
Mitochondria, then, are pivotal in power, sex, and suicide. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Nick Lane brings together the latest research findings in this exciting field to show how our growing understanding of mitochondria is shedding light on how complex life evolved, why sex arose (why don't we just bud?), and why we age and die. This understanding is of fundamental importance, both in understanding how we and all other complex life came to be, but also in order to be able to control our own illnesses, and delay our degeneration and death.
“在重建生命的故事时,如果你知道事情如何发生,你才会开始理解他们为何发生。”-本书就是解决“我们如何发生”这样一个大哉问。 这个问题是顺着以下脉络来解答的: 1.为什么细菌演化了40亿年,结构上仍然很简单,没有形成复杂生命,而真核生物只用“短短”20亿年就演化出人类...
评分“在重建生命的故事时,如果你知道事情如何发生,你才会开始理解他们为何发生。”-本书就是解决“我们如何发生”这样一个大哉问。 这个问题是顺着以下脉络来解答的: 1.为什么细菌演化了40亿年,结构上仍然很简单,没有形成复杂生命,而真核生物只用“短短”20亿年就演化出人类...
评分“在重建生命的故事时,如果你知道事情如何发生,你才会开始理解他们为何发生。”-本书就是解决“我们如何发生”这样一个大哉问。 这个问题是顺着以下脉络来解答的: 1.为什么细菌演化了40亿年,结构上仍然很简单,没有形成复杂生命,而真核生物只用“短短”20亿年就演化出人类...
评分“在重建生命的故事时,如果你知道事情如何发生,你才会开始理解他们为何发生。”-本书就是解决“我们如何发生”这样一个大哉问。 这个问题是顺着以下脉络来解答的: 1.为什么细菌演化了40亿年,结构上仍然很简单,没有形成复杂生命,而真核生物只用“短短”20亿年就演化出人类...
评分“在重建生命的故事时,如果你知道事情如何发生,你才会开始理解他们为何发生。”-本书就是解决“我们如何发生”这样一个大哉问。 这个问题是顺着以下脉络来解答的: 1.为什么细菌演化了40亿年,结构上仍然很简单,没有形成复杂生命,而真核生物只用“短短”20亿年就演化出人类...
Power, Sex, Suicide 在线电子书 pdf 下载 txt下载 epub 下载 mobi 下载 2024