Molecular recognition of the environment and mechanisms of the origin of species in quantum-like modeling of evolution

TL;DR

This paper reviews mechanisms of speciation, proposing quantum-based molecular interactions as a key factor in evolution, and introduces a quantum information theory model to explain epigenetic evolution.

Contribution

It introduces a quantum-mechanical perspective on molecular recognition and speciation, integrating quantum information theory into evolutionary modeling.

Findings

Quantum mechanisms can explain genome changes beyond classical mechanics.

Molecular recognition plays a crucial role in species emergence.

A new operational model based on quantum information theory is proposed.

Abstract

A review of the mechanisms of speciation is performed. The mechanisms of the evolution of species, taking into account the feedback of the state of the environment and mechanisms of the emergence of complexity, are considered. It is shown that these mechanisms, at the molecular level, cannot work steadily in terms of classical mechanics. Quantum mechanisms of changes in the genome, based on the long-range interaction potential between biologically important molecules, are proposed as one of possible explanation. Different variants of interactions of the organism and environment based on molecular recognition and leading to new species origins are considered. Experiments to verify the model are proposed. This bio-physical study is completed by the general operational model of based on quantum information theory. The latter is applied to model epigenetic evolution.