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. 2014 Jan 28;9(1):e85828. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085828

Figure 4. Network clustering and shortest path properties as a function of culture age.

Figure 4

(A) Absolute values of the clustering coefficient Inline graphic (blue circles, left axis) and mean path length Inline graphic (red squares, right axis) normalized to the size of the largest cluster. (B) Semi-log plot of normalized values of Inline graphic and Inline graphic with respect to the expected values for an equivalent random network having the same number of nodes and links and preserving the degree distribution: Inline graphic (blue circles) and Inline graphic (red squares). The average path length is also compared to the value for a regular lattice as Inline graphic (green triangles) with Inline graphic, being Inline graphic the average connectivity and Inline graphic the size of the largest connected component. (C) Local (upper plot) and global (lower plot) efficiency as a function of culture age and compared to their respective values for the random graphs of the null model (see text for an explanation). All quantities are averaged for the set of 6 cultures at each day of measure (DIV). As in the Caption of Fig. 3, error bars represent the standard errors of the mean (sem).