Experimental evolution has been with us Homo sapiens all the time. We have been observing various forms of life and tried to generate their novel forms. Science is characterized by systematic experimentation beyond observation and imagination. Studies of evolution have not been exceptions: genetics and then molecular biology were born from this tradition of experimental approaches to evolution. The experimental evolution approach was linked to gene sequences for the first time in microorganisms in the second half of the last century. Since the turn of the century, technological innovation allowed direct linkage of experimental evolution with entire genome sequences of an organism. In this symposium, we will hear about experimental evolution approaches towards one of the most important biological questions: conflicts between genomes and between genes. They include the issues of infection, medication, breeding, foods and energy.
1. In vitro evolutionF principles and drug developments.
Yoshikazu Nakamura* (University of Tokyo, Ribomic)
2. DNA predators and their preys in complex in vitro ecosystems.
Adrien Padirac* and Yannick Rondelez (University of Tokyo)
3. Why do we die from infection?
Masaki Fukuyo, Akira Sasaki(Sokendai), Ichizo Kobayashi* (University of Tokyo)
4. Co-evolution between a host and a pathogen.
Akiko Kashiwagi* (Hirosaki University), Tetsuya Yomo (Osaka University)
5. Genetic bottlenecks in cell-to-cell movement and single-cell infections of plant viruses.
Shuhei Miyashita* (JST, NIAS), Kazuhiro Ishibashi (NIAS), Hirohisa Kishino (University of Tokyo), Masayuki Ishikawa (NIAS)
6. Learning predator promotes coexistence of prey.
Yumiko Ishii*, Masakazu Shimada (University of Tokyo):
7. Evolutionary genome engineering accelerated by a restriction-modification system
Yoko Asakura* (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)
8. Rational genome engineering towards creation of a new species of Cyanobacillus
Mitsuhiro Itaya* (Keio University):
