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The second lecture will build on this by reviewing the different biological contexts in which quantum effects may play a role, which include photosynthesis, enzyme catalysis, DNA mutation, receptor binding, microtubule and mitochondrial function, magnetoreception, regulation of the production of ROS, calcium ion storage and release, and potentially, consciousness. 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