A quantum mechanical model of adaptive mutation

BioSystems

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-211

  McFadden, Johnjoe ^a   Al Khalili, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutations; Quantum coherence; Wave function

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; MODEL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0032952279     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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