The phrase "a distinct subgroup of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific category or division within a larger group that has unique characteristics.
Example: "The study focused on a distinct subgroup of participants who exhibited different behavioral patterns compared to the general population."
Alternatives: "a unique subset of" or "a specific category of".
Noushmehr, H. et al. Identification of a CpG island methylator phenotype that defines a distinct subgroup of glioma.
Krohn, A. et al. Recurrent deletion of 3p13 targets multiple tumour suppressor genes and defines a distinct subgroup of aggressive ERG fusion-positive prostate cancers.
The second one, named popTrxh4, is related to atTrxh9 which forms with several other plant thioredoxin h a distinct subgroup of thioredoxins h.
Our results suggest that at the population level polycystic ovary syndrome only accounts for a distinct subgroup of a much wider problem, metabolic syndrome.
A pharmacist in Sunderland called Dr Paul Shattock was reported on the Today programme and in several national newspapers to have identified a distinct subgroup of children with autism resulting from MMR.
They share linguistic features to such a degree that Indo-Iranian is generally described as a distinct subgroup of Indo-European.
TSE-related vacuoles were found only in the brains of prion-inoculated mice There is no evidence in our data to suggest that the plaque-negative animals form a distinct subgroup in terms of incubation periods (Mann-Whitney U test).
It is possible that there is a distinct subgroup with overlap of FD and IBS having a generalized rather than a regional disorder of gut with common pathophysiological mechanisms.
However, these findings would perhaps be expected given that expression of basal markers, such as CK, are related to a worse prognosis and identifies a clinically distinct subgroup of patients with TNBC [ 25].
magadii, a haloalkaliphilic archaeon that belongs to a physiologically distinct subgroup of halophilic archaea.
We further explored the ETP-ALL as a molecular distinct subgroup of T-ALL and identified a high frequency of FLT3 mutations.
