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arXiv:0802.2271

Quantum approach to adaptive mutations. Didactic introduction

Vasily V. Ogryzko

Published Feb 15, 2008• 1 citation
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Abstract

A didactic introduction, dated by 1999, to the ideas of the papers arXiv:q-bio/0701050 and arXiv:0704.0034
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.0802.2271

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