geographical variation


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geographical variation

any variation that occurs in spatially separated populations of species.
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Prevalence of the malignant tumors can show racial and geographical variation.
Analysis of orbital malignancies presenting in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan
One of the study's key findings is that while variation in the quantity of are provided is a key source of the geographical variation in Medicare spending, variation in the price of particular services is a much larger factor in explaining geographic differences in private health insurance spending.
Hospital prices and health spending among the privately insured
Since male dragonflies are basically territorial, geographical variations in their wing veins might be found [2].
RELATIVE WARP ANALYSIS OF VARIATIONS IN THE FORE- AND HINDWINGS OF SELECTED POPULATIONS OF MALE Neurothemis terminata terminata (ris, 1911)
The articles are in the last half of the book and discuss general considerations, flight style, size and shape, plumage, geographical variation, molting, similar species, status and distribution, migration, and vocalizations.
The Crossley ID guide; raptors
19) Similarly, there seems to be geographical variation in mortality rate in patients with SLE.
Geographical clustering of juvenile onset systemic lupus erythematosus within the sultanate of Oman
As well as this geographical variation, the companies are also spread across a number of industries, thereby achieving a further level of diversification.
Global storms abound but big firms sail a true course
These findings could indicate a geographical variation in the association between air pollution and low birth weight.
Global push: multicontinent project assesses particulate matter and birth weight
Some of the geographical variation in the lineup is down to greater competition.
Cinemart draws on local talent: co-prod bazaar looks to raise profile of Dutch films and map out community outreach
Thus, studies of geographical variation of disease with respect to solar UVB doses are important ways to identify a potential role of vitamin D in preventing a disease.
Vitamin D 'may reduce risk of developing autism in kids'
It covers 48% of the total landmass of South America and has wide geographical variation from the semiarid northeast coast, to the temperate grasslands of the south and the Amazon Basin in the northwest, which contains almost half of the earth's remaining rainforest.
Brazil: portrait of the country
Pajusalu) is the written version of a conference paper presented at Nordic Prosody X in Helsinki 2008 demonstrating that there is a certain amount of geographical variation in the perception of quantity within Estonia: speakers in east and south Estonia do not seem to use pitch as a secondary perceptual cue for discrimination of long and overlong quantity.
Partel Lippus, the acoustic features and perception of the Estonian quantity system, Tartu (Dissertationes Philologiae Estonicae Universitatis Tartuensis 29). 146 pp
Geographical variation among populations today in amounts and types of Neandertal DNA is poorly understood But look for research on this topic to heat up.
Neandertal DNA still a mystery

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