| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we investigate the conditions that allow the maintenance and development of cooperation between primitive self-replicators. First, we construct two types of RNAs that encode different functions. Second, we performed a long-term evolutionary experiment of the RNAs and found that the most important conditions that allow the maintenance and development of the cooperation are micro-compartmentalization, the average RNA concentration, and the mixing rate of the compartments. The results were supported by computer simulation. This study revealed essential conditions under which primitive life-forms could develop their functions.
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