The molecules of life, DNA, replicate with astounding precision, yet this process is not immune to mistakes and can lead to mutations. Using sophisticated computer modeling, a team of physicists and chemists at the University of Surrey have shown that such errors in copying can arise due to the strange rules of the quantum world.
El Dr. Sacchi continúa: “Los biólogos típicamente supondrían que la tunelización desempeñara un papel significativo sólo a bajas temperaturas y en sistemas relativamente simples. Por lo tanto, tendían a descontar los efectos cuánticos en el ADN. Con nuestro estudio, creemos que hemos demostrado que estas suposiciones no se mantienen.”
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Dr. Sacchi continues: "Biologists would typically expect tunneling to play a significant role only at low temperatures and in relatively simple systems. Therefore, they tended to discount quantum effects in DNA. With our study, we believe we have proved that these assumptions do not hold."