natural variation

collocation in English

meanings of naturaland variation

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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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Examples of natural variation

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However, naturalvariation in complexity and cue validity is gradual and confounded with a host of other variables.
The use of intact natural genotypes is valuable for characterizing naturalvariation in germination behaviour.
Naturalvariation in rainfall was employed to alter soil moisture between the experimental periods for dry and wet treatments.
Expression levels of splicing factors appear to have a strong influence on the naturalvariation in abundance of corresponding alternatively spliced transcripts.
When the degree of naturalvariation turned out to be much greater than expected, we were foiled.
The sequence differences therefore, may be due to naturalvariation between fluke populations from different geographical locations and times.
Yet, there is little knowledge on the naturalvariation in antibody levels in general, and in pregnant women in particular.
Further, because of naturalvariation between individual animals of this type, the following situation can arise.
To gain an impression of the naturalvariation of interocular acuity differences, we tested two normally raised control animals in the same jumping stand apparatus.
For example, uncontrolled naturalvariation among replicates may have played a part.
However, given the naturalvariation among control animals, a modest effect of strabismus would be difficult to detect.
Naturalvariation in the system was monitored in two lakes.
It may simply represent naturalvariation from subject to subject, with no functional correlate.
Pathology remains the implicit default explanation, in the absence of a theory of naturalvariation.
It may facilitate the interpretation of the mor phological variations in terms of naturalvariation.
In addition, there is the argument that naturalvariation in genes provides a spotlight on proteins with interesting functions in the host-parasite relationship.
These methods may be useful for comparative panicle topology in the context of naturalvariation or physiological or genetic manipulations.
With respect to the sites investigated, the heavy metal contaminations were typically above the values from undisturbed sites, but there may at times be appreciable naturalvariation.
This may allow us to understand and make allowance for naturalvariation in environmental factors when using geometroid moths for monitoring disturbance to the forest caused by human activity.
The question that remains unanswered is whether break points exist because they have an explicit function, or whether a naturalvariation in diameter is being observed.
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