Figure 4
From: Some considerations for analyzing biodiversity using integrative metagenomics and gene networks
An example network. Nodes (circles) are connected by edges (black lines), which may be assigned values or lengths. Blue and green nodes do not share any connections, so they fall into two separate subnetworks (called connected components). Likewise, any two blue nodes are connected by one or more paths. The shortest path between nodes A and Z is displayed in red. Densely connected parts of the network are called modules and are represented in purple here. Some nodes have remarkable topological properties. For example, node B has a high betweenness since it has a high probability of lying in the shortest path between two random nodes. Nodes P, on the opposite, are called peripheral, since they are highly eccentric.