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By: Eunice Jean C. Patron
Biological processes like the Wnt signaling pathway—which regulates crucial development and helps keep the body’s tissues functioning normally and in balance—are often described by scientists using mathematical maps called reaction networks, which serve as the foundation of mathematical models. These allow scientists to examine and compare models based on their structure alone without needing or with minimal specific parameter values. Although several Wnt models exist, they differ in how they represent the same underlying biological system. To address this, Filipino mathematicians introduced a new method to find the common ground between these different maps.