Collocations withvariation
These are words often used in combination withvariation.
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allelic variation
This is understandable because, in principle, n' should approach n' * as allelic variation becomes large.
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anatomical variation
This anatomical variation may result in a functional difference which accounts for the discrepancy between the studies.
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annual variation
There is little annual variation in either rainfall or temperature.
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climate variation
By using a 10-y moving window we were able to avoid the influence of transient short-term growth fluctuations associated with high frequency climate variation.
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climatic variation
However, any climatic variation cannot account for the differences in exclosure and control arthropod densities demonstrating that avian insectivory strongly affects arthropod abundance.
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common variation
The most common variation is its absence.
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considerable variation
Considerable variation remains behind this pattern.
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cultural variation
We agree regarding the importance of individual and cultural variation in religion.
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cyclical variation
These moving averages will also remove any cyclical variation.
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day-to-day variation
In the current setting this could be attributable to low infection intensities of both parasites, combined with intra-specimen and day-to-day variation in egg output.
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degree of variation
Note the high degree of variation in individual frequencies.
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dimension of variation
In addition to historical and regional variation in the attention devoted to crimes by police, it is important to note another dimension of variation.
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diurnal variation
Clear patterns of diurnal variation were documented.
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enormous variation
Both diseases exhibit an enormous variation in severity.
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geographic variation
Interpreting geographic variation in life-history traits.
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geographical variation
In fact, interspecific size difference could be completely obscured by geographical variation.
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heritable variation
Increased heritable variation following population bottlenecks : the role of dominance.
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infinite variation
Furthermore, through repetition, one could achieve infinite variation.
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interesting variation
Another interesting variation is to augment the implementation of section 4 by a balancing scheme.
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intraspecific variation
There is less information available regarding intraspecific variation in cercarial emergence patterns with the same definitive host.
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limited variation
It was found that both parasitaemia and parasite population displayed limited variation during persistent infection.
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local variation
In particular, the detection of local variation within one country, or limited area, may call for the definition of new dimensions aimed at characterizing the local variation.
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marked variation
Working speed, on the other hand, underwent no marked variation during the 3-year trial period; consequently, working capacity and fuel consumption remained virtually unchanged.
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minor variation
However, some minor variation at the nucleotide level was observed.
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natural variation
However, natural variation in complexity and cue validity is gradual and confounded with a host of other variables.
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normal variation
What counts as the normal variation between people and what counts as an abnormality?
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observed variation
These trials had a similar design, but the observed variation in transmission was very high.
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periodic variation
The nature of the limit cycle is a periodic variation of the amplitude of the whole wavetrain.
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pitch variation
The apparently excessive pitch variation may reflect the fact that everyone is shouting.
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random variation
The model assumes constant tectonic subsidence and a random variation in sea level.
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range of variation
I omitted verse to reduce the range of variation.
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rate variation
An inverse method for determining lithospheric strain rate variation on geological timescales.
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regional variation
There is no class or regional variation.
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residual variation
The residual variation may come from biological and technical factors.
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seasonal variation
There is no seasonal variation.
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secular variation
The secular variation of the maximum temperature is observed not only at low latitudes, but extends up to the polar region.
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sequence variation
Single-species alignments, which contained fewer gaps and were therefore shorter, were used to analyse sequence variation, allele frequency spectrum and recombination within species.
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short-term variation
Short-term variation would be more marked in the reconstitution data if they were sufficiently abundant to allow estimates to be made for each quinquennium.
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significant variation
There was also significant variation between experiments.
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size variation
Plant size variation and vertebrate herbivory: winter wheat grazed by rabbits.
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slight variation
The mean flow was uniform with only slight variation downstream.
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spatial variation
Across the landscape, inherent productivity represents the spatial variation in productivity associated with spatial variation in soils and climate conditions.
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stylistic variation
This is again a stylistic variation which is entirely optional.
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substantial variation
Even here, however, there is substantial variation within offence type.
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subtle variation
There are also volume sliders referring to the same parameters, allowing for a more subtle variation of the texture.
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systematic variation
Systematic variation of a probability assessment is no longer necessary.
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temporal variation
Temporal variation in alleles frequencies : testing the right hypothesis.
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thickness variation
The profiles of the ice thickness variation along the plate were also made using the traversingsystem.
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tonal variation
If variation and change of the rising tones may be sociolinguistic in nature, how extensive is this tonal variation across the community?
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tremendous variation
The figure clearly reveals a tremendous variation in cause of death by year.
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velocity variation
This magnitude of mean velocity variation corresponded to a mean shear rate of 0.87 s-l.
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wide variation
There is also wide variation in clinical procedures among hospitals.
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year-to-year variation
Compared to seed production, annual recruitment was very low and showed large year-to-year variation.
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