geographical variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeographicalandvariation
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geographical
adjective
uk/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/
relating to geography, or to the geography of a particular area ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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(Definition ofgeographicalandvariationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgeographical variation
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In fact, interspecific size difference could be completely obscured bygeographicalvariation.
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Another issue isgeographicalvariationin the behaviour of tick populations which can affect transmission.
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There is a strikinggeographicalvariationin the source of information used.
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First, there may be a realgeographicalvariationfrom one locality to another.
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However, thegeographicalvariationin aphids has also been examined by different experimental approaches.
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Therefore, it is unlikely that thegeographicalvariationobserved was simply due to undetected temporal variation.
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Geographicalvariationin the potential of mice to constrain an ant-seed dispersal mutualism.
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The analysis revealed an indication of possiblegeographicalvariationbetween the examined clones.
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Geographicalvariationin the timing of improved food supply may therefore explain variation in such conditions today.
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This proportion of agricultural area with pesticide application when plotted on a municipality-level map revealed widegeographicalvariation.
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A more robust procedure is to exploit the equilibrium between gene flow and selection when suitablegeographicalvariationin selection is present.
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This means that not only is theregeographicalvariationbetween speakers leading to dialect differences, but that the grammar of individual speakers is itself variable.
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Thegeographicalvariationin sensitivity was, however, species-specific, as indicated by the highly significant temperature by site by species interaction.
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Significantgeographicalvariationin widely distributed species could be interpreted as an indication of incipient speciation or the presence of cryptic (sibling) species.
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Reasons for these ' inter-regional ' differences and their effects on futuregeographicalvariationof distal gastric carcinoma incidence are still unknown.
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This, as the reviewer knows from personal experience, is a major preoccupation in studies of thegeographicalvariationof gene frequencies.
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In other words, there should begeographicalvariationin the questing height of ticks according to the body size of deer in each region.
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Cross-cultural research is poor evidence for alternate strategies because natural selection may operate to producegeographicalvariationin dispositional tendencies.
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Infantile botulism showsgeographicalvariation.
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Since there isgeographicalvariationin the body size of sika deer, the height of the scent mark of deer may vary according to body size.
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There is significantgeographicalvariationin its life history details.
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Diurnal andgeographicalvariationfurther complicate the picture.
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