Corey Greenwell

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Classical information can be read and reread over and over again without changing its message, whereas quantum systems are always perturbed by measurement. So when the DNA polymerase enzyme scans a DNA base to determine the position of coding protons, it is carrying out a quantum measurement, no different in principle from when a physicist measures the position of a proton in the laboratory.
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
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