The phrase "a cause of isolation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a factor or reason that leads to someone or something being isolated or separated from others.
Example: "The lack of communication can often be a cause of isolation among team members."
Alternatives: "a reason for isolation" or "a factor contributing to isolation".
But at its worst, marriage can also be a cause of isolation.
Life isn't about overcoming disability: it's about making disability not a cause of isolation but an invitation to friendship – with one another, and with God.
However, within the trans community, Cristina's feminine appearance is a cause of isolation.
The shock that the Brethren suffered at this time may well have been a cause of their isolation and withdrawal in the 19th century.
Linked to this is unemployment; a key cause of isolation is not having a job to go to.
When the primary cause of isolation is removed, the incipient species may have become secondarily isolated, both because of prezygotic (since members of one population are not found attractive by members of the other population) and postzygotic isolation (since hybrid offspring have low mating success in both populations).
The effects of the prioritization of economic growth over equality were analyzed by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett in The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, which identified inequality as the cause of isolation, depression, and the drive to consume.
It is also likely that melioidosis is underreported as a cause of death in the National Statistics; laboratory isolation and identification of B. pseudomallei may take up to 1 week, and one-half of deaths because of melioidosis occur in the first 48 hours after presentation to hospital when the true diagnosis may be unknown and not listed on the death certificate.
Indeed, chromosome doubling within a species may be a common cause of reproductive isolation, as half the doubled chromosomes will be unmatched when breeding with undoubled organisms.
Alnus; allopatry is a possible cause of genetic isolation of populations evolving quickly as genetically distinct species (detectable by unsolved rake-like clades).
