Table 1. Characteristics of the mussel caspase genes included into the executioner group.

	Caspase-3/7-1	Caspase-3/7-2	Caspase-3/7-3	Caspase-3/7-4
Total bp	1079	1258	1340	1126
ORF	942	942	996	888
AA	313	313	331	295
Species	Casp3 Bos taurus	Casp7 Mus musculus	Casp3 S. purpuratus	Casp3 Danio rerio
	Casp3 Caligus clemensi	Casp3 Caligus clemensi	Casp-3/7 Branchiostoma floridae	Casp3 Oryzias latipes
E- values	6e−37	4e−38	4e−21	6e−32
	7e−37	5e−38	2e−19	1e−31