Network Motifs

Motifs are recurring subgraph patterns — the building blocks of real networks. Highlight triangles, feed-forward loops, and mutual dyads. Compare counts to random graphs.

Triangles (3-clique)

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Three mutually connected nodes. High clustering. Common in social networks.

Feed-Forward Loop

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A→B, A→C, B→C. Most over-represented motif in gene regulatory networks.

Mutual Dyads

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Bi-directional edges. Measure of reciprocity in directed networks.

Random Baseline

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Expected triangles in random graph with same n,m.

Click a node to see its local motif count.