Research by Valdano et al. analyses the livestock trade in Italy and sexual encounters in a Brazilian prostitution service to find a correlation between loyalty and infection risk.
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Education Articles
Speeding Up Ecological and Evolutionary Computations in R; Essentials of High Performance Computing for Biologists
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 26, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004140
Integrating Interactive Computational Modeling in Biology Curricula
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 19, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004131
Research Articles
Improved Estimation and Interpretation of Correlations in Neural Circuits
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 31, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004083
The Neuroglial Potassium Cycle during Neurotransmission: Role of Kir4.1 Channels
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 31, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004137
Large-Scale Chemical Similarity Networks for Target Profiling of Compounds Identified in Cell-Based Chemical Screens
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 31, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004153
Preferred Supramolecular Organization and Dimer Interfaces of Opioid Receptors from Simulated Self-Association
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 30, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004148
Identifying and Tracking Simulated Synaptic Inputs from Neuronal Firing: Insights from In Vitro Experiments
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 30, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004167
Hedging Your Bets: Intermediate Movements as Optimal Behavior in the Context of an Incomplete Decision
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 30, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004171
3-way Networks: Application of Hypergraphs for Modelling Increased Complexity in Comparative Genomics
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004079
Evolving Nutritional Strategies in the Presence of Competition: A Geometric Agent-Based Model
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004111
Behavioral Modeling of Human Choices Reveals Dissociable Effects of Physical Effort and Temporal Delay on Reward Devaluation
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004116
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Kinetically-Defined Component Actions in Gene Repression
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004122
An Integrative Approach for Modeling and Simulation of Heterocyst Pattern Formation in Cyanobacteria Filaments
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004129
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Ligand-Target Prediction by Structural Network Biology Using nAnnoLyze
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004157
Theory of Choice in Bandit, Information Sampling and Foraging Tasks
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004164
Mapping Shape to Visuomotor Mapping: Learning and Generalisation of Sensorimotor Behaviour Based on Contextual Information
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004172
Explaining Diversity in Metagenomic Datasets by Phylogenetic-Based Feature Weighting
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004186
Delayed Response and Biosonar Perception Explain Movement Coordination in Trawling Bats
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 26, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004089
Variations in the Binding Pocket of an Inhibitor of the Bacterial Division Protein FtsZ across Genotypes and Species
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 26, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004117
A Biologically Plausible Computational Theory for Value Integration and Action Selection in Decisions with Competing Alternatives
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 24, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004104
Evolution of Bow-Tie Architectures in Biology
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004055
Anticipation and Choice Heuristics in the Dynamic Consumption of Pain Relief
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004030
On the Number of Neurons and Time Scale of Integration Underlying the Formation of Percepts in the Brain
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004082
Improved Statistical Methods Enable Greater Sensitivity in Rhythm Detection for Genome-Wide Data
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004094
Spatio-temporal Model of Endogenous ROS and Raft-Dependent WNT/Beta-Catenin Signaling Driving Cell Fate Commitment in Human Neural Progenitor Cells
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004106
Intra-Tumour Signalling Entropy Determines Clinical Outcome in Breast and Lung Cancer
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004115
When Can Species Abundance Data Reveal Non-neutrality?
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004134
Asymmetric Genome Organization in an RNA Virus Revealed via Graph-Theoretical Analysis of Tomographic Data
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004146
Protein Domain-Level Landscape of Cancer-Type-Specific Somatic Mutations
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004147
Energy Landscape Reveals That the Budding Yeast Cell Cycle Is a Robust and Adaptive Multi-stage Process
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004156
Spatial Heterogeneity in Drug Concentrations Can Facilitate the Emergence of Resistance to Cancer Therapy
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 19, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004142
Detailed Contact Data and the Dissemination of Staphylococcus aureus in Hospitals
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 19, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004170
Prioritizing Therapeutics for Lung Cancer: An Integrative Meta-analysis of Cancer Gene Signatures and Chemogenomic Data
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 18, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004068
Within-Host Stochastic Emergence Dynamics of Immune-Escape Mutants
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 18, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004149
Proportionality: A Valid Alternative to Correlation for Relative Data
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004075
On the Firing Rate Dependency of the Phase Response Curve of Rat Purkinje Neurons In Vitro
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004112
Microbial Forensics: Predicting Phenotypic Characteristics and Environmental Conditions from Large-Scale Gene Expression Profiles
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004127
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Angiogenic Activity of Breast Cancer Patients’ Monocytes Reverted by Combined Use of Systems Modeling and Experimental Approaches
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 13, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004050
Physiology of Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex: Coincidence Detection through Bursting
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 13, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004090
Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Potential Mechanism of Cryptic 3’ Splice Site Selection in SF3B1-mutated Cancers
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 13, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004105
HPV Clearance and the Neglected Role of Stochasticity
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 13, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004113
A Neural Mechanism for Background Information-Gated Learning Based on Axonal-Dendritic Overlaps
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 13, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004155
Predicting Epidemic Risk from Past Temporal Contact Data
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 12, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004152
Model-based Traction Force Microscopy Reveals Differential Tension in Cellular Actin Bundles
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 6, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004076
Evolution and Phenotypic Selection of Cancer Stem Cells
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 5, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004025
Protein Topology Determines Cysteine Oxidation Fate: The Case of Sulfenyl Amide Formation among Protein Families
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 5, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004051
How Attention Can Create Synaptic Tags for the Learning of Working Memories in Sequential Tasks
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 5, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004060
Mining Host-Pathogen Protein Interactions to Characterize Burkholderia mallei Infectivity Mechanisms
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 4, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004088
Highly Loaded Behavior of Kinesins Increases the Robustness of Transport Under High Resisting Loads
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 3, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003981
PRIMAL: Fast and Accurate Pedigree-based Imputation from Sequence Data in a Founder Population
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 3, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004139
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Bacterial UraA H+-Uracil Symporter in Lipid Bilayers Reveal a Closed State and a Selective Interaction with Cardiolipin
PLOS Computational Biology: published March 2, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004123