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Why Is Life the Way It Is? With Nick Lane

The Royal Institution via YouTube

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This lecture explores why life has its present form and how it began, tracing the history of life through the evolution of eukaryotic cells, endosymbiosis, hydrothermal vents, and mitochondria.

Syllabus

Intro
Sequence is information
The three domains tree of life
Complexity of eukaryotic cells
The serial endosymbiosis theory?
The ring of life
Alkaline hydrothermal vents
Electrochemical flow reactors
A black hole at the heart of biology
Mitochondrial population genetics
Mitochondria change the course of evolution

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The Royal Institution

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