natural variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandvariation
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandvariationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However,naturalvariationin complexity and cue validity is gradual and confounded with a host of other variables.
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The use of intact natural genotypes is valuable for characterizingnaturalvariationin germination behaviour.
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Naturalvariationin rainfall was employed to alter soil moisture between the experimental periods for dry and wet treatments.
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Expression levels of splicing factors appear to have a strong influence on thenaturalvariationin abundance of corresponding alternatively spliced transcripts.
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When the degree ofnaturalvariationturned out to be much greater than expected, we were foiled.
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The sequence differences therefore, may be due tonaturalvariationbetween fluke populations from different geographical locations and times.
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Yet, there is little knowledge on thenaturalvariationin antibody levels in general, and in pregnant women in particular.
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Further, because ofnaturalvariationbetween individual animals of this type, the following situation can arise.
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To gain an impression of thenaturalvariationof interocular acuity differences, we tested two normally raised control animals in the same jumping stand apparatus.
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For example, uncontrollednaturalvariationamong replicates may have played a part.
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However, given thenaturalvariationamong control animals, a modest effect of strabismus would be difficult to detect.
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Naturalvariationin the system was monitored in two lakes.
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It may simply representnaturalvariationfrom subject to subject, with no functional correlate.
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Pathology remains the implicit default explanation, in the absence of a theory ofnaturalvariation.
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It may facilitate the interpretation of the mor phological variations in terms ofnaturalvariation.
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In addition, there is the argument thatnaturalvariationin genes provides a spotlight on proteins with interesting functions in the host-parasite relationship.
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These methods may be useful for comparative panicle topology in the context ofnaturalvariationor physiological or genetic manipulations.
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With respect to the sites investigated, the heavy metal contaminations were typically above the values from undisturbed sites, but there may at times be appreciablenaturalvariation.
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This may allow us to understand and make allowance fornaturalvariationin environmental factors when using geometroid moths for monitoring disturbance to the forest caused by human activity.
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The question that remains unanswered is whether break points exist because they have an explicit function, or whether anaturalvariationin diameter is being observed.
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