Origin of adaptive mutants: a quantum measurement?

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential quantum measurement mechanisms underlying the origin of adaptive mutants, providing a supplementary correspondence to prior work on quantum biology and mutation processes.

Contribution

It introduces a novel hypothesis linking quantum measurement to the emergence of adaptive mutants, expanding the theoretical framework of mutation origins.

Findings

Proposes a quantum measurement model for mutation origin

Suggests quantum effects influence adaptive mutation processes

Provides historical correspondence supporting the hypothesis

Abstract

This is a supplement to the paper arXiv:q-bio/0701050, containing the text of correspondence sent to Nature in 1990.