If temperature increases, then the mutability of stable wild-type genes should increase more than that of already less stable mutant genes.

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• If X-rays produce mutations by energetic single events (ionization), then their efficiency should not depend on the gene's spontaneous mutability.hypothesis0.787
  Another testable hypothesis about mutation induction.
• If the gene is a large molecule with discrete quantum states and high energy barriers between isomeric configurations, then it will exhibit long-term stability and rare spontaneous mutations.hypothesis0.784
  The core predictive hypothesis derived from Delbrück's model.
• How can increasing complexity and variety evolve over time given the second law of thermodynamics and statistical nature of quantum mechanics?question0.782
• If mutations are isomeric jumps between states with different energy levels separated by a high barrier, then the forward and reverse mutation rates should differ, with the transition from higher to lower energy occurring more frequently.hypothesis0.778
  Hypothesis on the directionality of mutation rates.
• The number of atoms involved in the responsible gene structure is likely to be very small, yet it displays a most regular and lawful activity with a durability that borders upon the miraculous, remaining unperturbed by the disordering tendency of heat motion for centuries.claim0.771
  Schrödinger's statement of the puzzle that quantum mechanics resolves.
• Biology's robustness, open-endedness, evolvability, and unique complexity likely depend on the fact that evolution works with an agential material.claim0.762
  Central claim linking life's properties to the inherent competencies of its material substrate.
• Newtonian mechanics augmented by statistical mechanics cannot explain chemical bond stability or genetic persistence; quantum mechanics is necessary.claim0.760
• How can we, from the point of view of statistical physics, reconcile the facts that the gene structure seems to involve only a comparatively small number of atoms and nevertheless displays a most regular and lawful activity with a durability that borders upon the miraculous?question0.756
  The specific puzzle about the stability of the genetic material.