Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Induction of apoptosis by double-stranded RNA was present in the last common ancestor of cnidarian and bilaterian animals
Itamar Kozlovski, Adrian Jaimes-Becerra, Ton Sharoni…·Yehu Moran
The paper shows that double-stranded RNA induces apoptosis in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, suggesting this mechanism was present in the last common ancestor of cnidarians and bilaterians.
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012320