The phrase "a composition rather than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two different forms or types of work, emphasizing the preference for one over the other.
Example: "I prefer a composition rather than a simple report for this project, as it allows for more creativity."
Alternatives: "a piece instead of" or "a work rather than".
In the case of the Origin manuscripts, these concerns are less critical, because the time period of their composition is known, and revisions reflect Darwin's struggle with a continuous process of composition rather than a reconsideration of earlier ideas after a long interval.
It is also shown that the chemical potential of interstitials within the two-phase region of the coherent phase diagram is a linear function of composition rather than a constant, as is the case in the absence of coherency strains.
Ibram Lassaw takes the diffused overall markings in a different direction: his untitled ink and watercolor work from 1951 is actually a finely drawn and detailed composition, rather than a characteristically spontaneous, New York School outburst.
This concerns for example the clade composed of Cephalopoda and Solenogastres, where molecular inferences may reflect a shared bias in base composition rather than a sistergroup relationship.
The other weakness of this approach is that DNA methylation can vary by blood cell type, and thus the methylation changes associated with the variables investigated in this study may represent an alteration in blood cell composition, rather than a change in methylation.
Thus, the persistent inflammatory effects observed in our data may reflect a smoldering inflammatory reaction or a long-lasting shift in stromal composition rather than an acute reaction observed during postlactation involution [ 5, 49].
Taken together these results suggest that pro- and antinociceptive populations of spinal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors modulate the transmission of mechanosensitive information and that spinal nerve ligation-induced changes in spinal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors likely result from a change in subunit composition rather than overt loss of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes.
However, mutation of the secondary structure motif did not prevent interaction of YB-1 with the 5'UTR, suggesting that YB-1 binds to this region due to its G/C-rich composition, rather than a specific, sequence-dependent, binding site.
