Olaf B. W. H. Corning

This paper designs sigma factor-based biomolecular classifiers and investigates how resource competition affects their performance and design principles.

The paper shows that WntA and Frizzled2 form a signaling axis that instructs butterfly color patterning, with Fz2 acting as a morphogen receptor and other Frizzleds having distinct roles in wing development.

The paper identifies two interacting QTLs explaining 70% of heritable variation in butterfly wing color using interspecific crosses and automated color quantification.