• Title of article

    Why genetic information processing could have a quantum basis

  • Author/Authors

    PATEL، APOORVA نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    -144
  • From page
    145
  • To page
    0
  • Abstract
    Living organisms are not just random collections of organic molecules. There is continuous information processing going on in the apparent bouncing around of molecules of life. Optimization criteria in this information processing can be searched for using the laws of physics. Quantum dynamics can explain why living organisms have 4 nucleotide bases and 20 amino acids, as optimal solutions of the molecular assembly process. Experiments should be able to tell whether evolution indeed took advantage of quantum dynamics or not.
  • Keywords
    Chaos , Order , Modelling , Aquatic ecosystems , Scaling
  • Journal title
    Journal of Biosciences
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    Journal of Biosciences
  • Record number

    43922