Within the blueprint of life, spontaneous ‘spelling mistakes’ can occur, leading to potentially catastrophic errors. One possible candidate for these spontaneous mutations is the quantum mech. tunnelling of hydrogen atoms within the bonds binding the DNA …
@g_knapp It goes even deeper. https://t.co/bh5xeMcM4O
Fascinating stuff. Sometimes hard to form a mind-picture, though, of quantum tunneling in action. That's why I like the little animations to help form these mind-pictures. Like when Einstein imagined the moving train and the clock for relativity.
RT @lecPokrandt: Quantum tunneling of protons causes DNA mutations. https://t.co/bAwZZkBbQC