Protein networks, pleiotropy and the evolution of senescence.

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The number of interactions, or connectivity, among proteins in the yeast protein interaction network follows a power law. I compare patterns of connectivity for subsets of yeast proteins associated with senescence and with five other traits. I find that proteins associated with ageing have significantly higher connectivity than expected by chance, a pattern not seen for most other datasets. The pattern holds even...

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