On two quantum approaches to adaptive mutations in bacteria

NeuroQuantology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 564-595

  Ogryzko, Vasily ^a  

^a UMR 8126   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutations; Decoherence; Lamarck; Measurement; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 72949124178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13035150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14704/nq.2009.7.4.253     Document Type: Article

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