Table 1.

Maximum degree k_max, detection method/source and reference for the biological network data sets. The detection methods/sources are abbreviated as in Fig. 1

Species	k max	Method	Reference
C.elegans	99	Y2h	[35]
C.jejuni	207	Y2h	[36]
D.melanogaster	176	BGD	[37]
E.coli	641	PMs	[32]
H.pylori	55	Y2h	[38]
H.sapiens I	125	Y2h	[39]
H.sapiens II	95	Y2h	[40]
H.sapiens III	314	PMs	[41]
H.sapiens IV	247	HPRD	[34]
M.loti	401	Y2h	[42]
P.falciparum	51	Y2h	[43]
S.cerevisiae I	24	Y2h	[44]
S.cerevisiae II	55	Y2h	[45]
S.cerevisiae III	279	Y2h	[45]
S.cerevisiae IV	62	PMs	[46]
S.cerevisiae V	118	DI	[47]
S.cerevisiae VI	53	PMs	[48]
S.cerevisiae VII	32	DI	[49]
S.cerevisiae VIII	955	PMs	[50]
S.cerevisiae IX	141	PMs	[51]
S.cerevisiae X	127	DI	[52]
S.cerevisiae XI	58	PCA	[53]
S.cerevisiae XII	86	Y2h-PCA	[54]
Synechocystis	51	Y2h	[55]
T.pallidum	285	Y2h	[56]