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Sex and the Origins of Death.

Death, for bacteria, is not inevitable. Protect a bacterium from predators, and provide it with adequate food and space to grow, and it would continue living--and reproducing asexually--forever. But a paramecium (a slightly more advanced single-cell organism), under the same ideal conditions, would...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, William R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Prologue; 1. Death of a Cell; 2. A Second Face of Death; 3. Sex, Segregation, and the Origins of Cellular Death; 4. From Sex to Death: The Puzzle of Senescence; 5. A Hierarchy of Cells: The Definition of Brain Death; 6. Standing at the Abyss: Viruses, Spores and the Meaning of Life; 7. Coming to Closure; Epilogue; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.