Quantum Effects in Biology
Quantum Effects in Biology
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DOI：
10.1364/opn.30.4.000042
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2019-04
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S. Wills
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S. Wills
近年来，人们对量子ff效应在某些生物过程中可能发挥的作用越来越感兴趣，也越来越有争议。在这里，我们讨论了两个被深入研究的例子：量子相干性对光合作用能量传输效率的影响以及鸟类磁罗盘中的自由基对机制。在这项研究中，对有助于理解这些ff效应的理论和实验工作的回顾，为讨论它们的生物学相关性提供了基础。这项工作的fi结果表明，量子相干性可能是光合作用系统中能量转移效率的关键，而需要更多的证据来支持基于自由基对机制的磁罗盘的想法。此外，还指出了目前这两个fi领域研究中存在的不足，并对今后的工作提出了建议。
Recently, there has been a growing interest and controversy about the role that quantum effects might play in some biological processes. Here, two heavily studied examples of such effects are discussed: The impact of quantum coherence in the efficiency of energy transport in photosynthesis and the radical pair mechanism in the magnetic compass of birds. In this study, a review of theoretical and experimental work that has aided understanding these effects, provides the ground for discussion regarding their biological relevance. The findings of this work suggest that quantum coherence might be crucial for the efficiency of energy transfer in photosynthetic systems, whereas more evidence are needed to support the idea of a magnetic compass based on the radical pair mechanism. In addition, gaps in the current research in these two fields are identified and recommendations for further work are made.