Biology

Architecture-Dependent Noise Discriminates Functionally Analogous Differentiation Circuits
An elegant experiment and theoretical analysis of how the wiring of biological circuits can matter despite the functionality being preserved. In short, (and borrowing their terms) the architecture of circuits can alter the susceptibility to environmental noise. As it turns out for the particular system being looked at here, competence in B. subtilis, a susceptibility to noise is beneficial since it aids the ability of the organism to be able to respond/adapt to variations in its environments.