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Avid M. Afzal

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Systems BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 4, 2026

Biological Network Organization, Not Generic Graph Topology, Drives Graph-Based Gene Essentiality Prediction

Setareh Rahimi, S M Bonner, Avid M. Afzal…·Evangelia Petsalaki

This study evaluates whether graph-based gene essentiality prediction relies on biological network structure or generic graph topology, finding that biological connectivity is critical for performance.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.30.735480

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