Quantum Mechanical Mechanism of DNA Forming and Replicating
DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, carrying encoded genetic information at molecular level, is the most significant discovery in the history of genetics. Previous researches on DNA included topics of bases, base-pairing, hydrogen bonds, structure, base sequence, dynamics, replication and mutation. DNA must duplicate itself, and so DNA structure and DNA replication are the fundamental problems. Watson and Crick described the structure and the mechanism for replication of DNA. Other authors focused their studies on DNA replication. DNA molecules are micro-entities ruled by laws of quantum mechanics, but the mechanisms, found previously of DNA forming and replicating, were not explored by applying quantum mechanics. Here we show that controlled by quantum mechanics, the quantum state of DNA is a bio-quantum-entangled state, the mechanism of DNA forming and replicating is a process of bio-quantum entangling, de-entangling and re-entangling. This bio-quantum mechanical result is different from the conventional biochemical descriptions of DNA structure and replication. DNA genetics is bio-quantum genetics in nature. With this deep understanding, reform and progress should be expected for further development of genetics.
Authors
- J. Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1899-7032)
Institutions
- Yunnan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Quantum Information Science
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4236/jqis.2025.153006
- Primary Topic
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00