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KAWAMURA Kunio
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Human Environmental Studies Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2016/08 |
| Type | Articles |
| Peer Review | With peer review |
| Invitation | With invitation |
| Title | A hypothesis: life initiated from two genes, as deduced from the RNA world hypothesis and the characteristics of life-like systems |
| Contribution Type | Single-Authored Publication |
| Journal | Life |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Volume, Issue, Pages | 6,pp.29 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Author and coauthor | Kunio Kawamura |
| Details | RNA played a central role in the emergence of the first life-like system on primitive Earth since RNA molecules contain both genetic information and catalytic activity. However, there are several drawbacks regarding the RNA world hypothesis. Here, a conceptual viewpoint is summarized to provide a realistic life-like system that is compatible with the primitive Earth environment and the capabilities of RNA molecules. According to the empirical and conceptual analysis, I propose the hypothesis that the first life-like system could have initiated from only two genes. |