System and transcript dynamics of cells infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Fig 4
Estimation of H exponents from rank data.
(a) Distribution of H exponents estimated from gene rank data from infected cells and control datasets for hBECs, colon and ileum cells. (b) Taylor’s law plots showing the H value (color coded) of each gene for each cell type. Solid lines correspond to the exponential distribution (β = 1 and log(V) = 0), and dashed lines to the Poisson distribution (β = 0.5 and log(V) = –1.7, chosen for better visualization). (c) Plots of the H exponents calculated from infected cells vs the mean expression of genes present in the Taylor’s plots in panel (b). A dashed red line shows indicates the value H = 0.7 (Hurst phenomenon). H > 0.7 corresponds to strong persistent behavior. A solid red line indicates H = 0.5. Remind that H > 0.5 corresponds to persistent behavior.