2, six different pmf-generating electron transport chains are conceivable and presented as mechanisms A–F in Fig. 3. Note that the pmf-consuming enzymes are not covered by these mechanisms since a respiratory chain that involves such an enzyme would need at least one proton-pump to make the...
It is not a high number of offspring that needs explaining, and believing that the ‘goodness of fit’ between an organism and environment is defined as reproductive output fails to engage with the special properties of the biological organisations that facilitate this. To assess whether there can...