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Abstract
This paper briefly considers the notion of a biology of quantum information from a number of complementary points of view. We begin with a very brief look at some of the biomolecular systems that are thought to exploit quantum mechanical effects and then turn to the issue of measurement in these systems and the concomitant generation of information. This leads us to look at the internalist stance and the exchange interaction of quantum particles. We suggest that exchange interaction can also be viewed using ecological ideas related to apparatus-object. This can also help develop the important notion of complementarity in biosystems in relation to the nature and generation of information at the microphysical scale.Mesh:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10745107 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-2647(99)00081-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biosystems ISSN: 0303-2647 Impact factor: 1.973