Table 1

Network parameters for the human immunome at the evolutionary levels of the corresponding subnetworks.

Evolutionary level

Taxon name

Nodes

Edges

α^a

SE(α)^a

-2logΛ^a

0

Homo sapiens

584

1349

2.226

0.0677

1713

1

Mammalia ancestors

577

1335

2.235

0.0683

1699

2

Amniota ancestors

453

1039

2.260

0.0790

1304

3

Tetrapoda ancestors

357

770

2.332

0.0950

970

4

Vertebrata ancestors

354

761

2.319

0.0950

957

5

Chordata ancestors

159

254

2.607

0.1924

303

6

Coelomata

145

223

2.725

0.2144

267

7

Bilateria ancestors

106

124

3.478

0.4107

115

8

Fungi/Metazoa ancestors

62

57

4.376

0.9953

29

9

Eukaryota ancestors

48

39

4.585

1.5668

12

^aEstimates for power law exponent (α) of the degree distributions are presented with the standard error [SE(α)] together and the log-likelihood ratios (-2logΛ) of the power law degree distributions.

Ortutay and Vihinen Immunome Research 2008 4:4   doi:10.1186/1745-7580-4-4