The modern evolutionary synthesis, which marries Darwin's theory of natural selection with Mendel's genetics, was developed around the same time as quantum mechanics. Is there any connection between the two?
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Lloyd, S. A quantum of natural selection. Nature Phys 5, 164–166 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1208
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