Inherent directionality explains the lack of feedback loops in empirical networks.

Sci Rep · 2014 · PMC4273603 · PMID 25531727

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2 , exhibit a clear trend: the fraction of feedback loops of any length k is much smaller in biological and ecological networks than would be expected for any of the two different randomizations.

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