Induction of apoptosis by double-stranded RNA was present in the last common ancestor of cnidarian and bilaterian animals

• Itamar Kozlovski ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Itamar Kozlovski, Adrian Jaimes-Becerra

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: itamar.kozlovski@mail.huji.ac.il (IK); yehu.moran@mail.huji.ac.il (YM)

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Adrian Jaimes-Becerra ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Itamar Kozlovski, Adrian Jaimes-Becerra

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Ton Sharoni,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Magda Lewandowska,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Ola Karmi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Infrastructure Facility, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Yehu Moran

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: itamar.kozlovski@mail.huji.ac.il (IK); yehu.moran@mail.huji.ac.il (YM)

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9928-9294

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