Skip to main content
Fig. 3 | Evolution: Education and Outreach

Fig. 3

From: Convergent Evolutionary Paths in Biological and Technological Networks

Fig. 3

Modeling tinkered evolution in complex cellular networks. Using the rules described in the text, an in silico proteome is obtained (a) displaying all features observed in real protein interaction networks, including modularity (modules are indicated by different colors). Hubs emerge as a consequence of duplication–divergence rules, and they are also organized as in the real proteomes. In b, we show some of these hubs and their connecting nodes in yellow. The similarities are also observed on a smaller scale when the abundance of subgraphs is measured. In c, we plot the subgraph census for n = 4 systems, which decays in the same way as observed in protein maps

Back to article page