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We present a dynamical scheme for biological systems. We use methods and techniques of quantum field theory since our analysis is at a microscopic molecular level. Davydov solitons on biomolecular chains and coherent electric dipole waves are described as collective dynamical modes. Electric polarization waves predicted by Fröhlich are identified with the Goldstone massless modes of the theory with spontaneous breakdown of the dipole-rotational symmetry. Self-organization, dissipativity, and stability of biological systems appear as observable manifestations of the microscopic quantum dynamics.
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Del Giudice, E., Doglia, S., Milani, M., Vitiello, G. (1986). Collective Properties of Biological Systems. In: Gutmann, F., Keyzer, H. (eds) Modern Bioelectrochemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2105-7_9
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