The phrase "a foreign origin" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that comes from another country or culture, often in discussions about products, languages, or cultural practices.
Example: "The dish has a foreign origin, influenced by traditional recipes from Italy."
Alternatives: "an overseas origin" or "a non-native origin".
This process is known as amelioration, and implies that the original sequence can no longer be recognised as that from a foreign origin on the basis of nucleotide composition alone [ 24].
Costume historians believe the unusual design of the hat suggests a foreign origin, and it also has a less noble suggested origin: that Nicholas got it from a distinguished prisoner in the Tower of London.
To this end, the basic concept of the method is briefly reintroduced and validated with fatigue data obtained from two different heats, a domestic and a foreign origin, of type 316 stainless steel subjected to cyclic torsion with static axial loading in tension or compression.
"People respect what the scholars and mujahideen say," said Abu Yousef al Muhajir, a commander and spokesman for Ahrar al-Sham who, despite his nom de guerre indicating a foreign origin, is Syrian.
In addition, most of these regions exhibited a base composition differing significantly from the G+C content for the entire genome indicating a foreign origin for these sequences [9].
The other two ST320 serotype 19A isolates (Jan .and May 2010), as well as the ST2432 isolate (Apr. 2009), had no data which indicated a foreign origin.
This K. pneumoniae was isolated from a rectal swab of a patient who did not have any foreign origin.
These genes (EPYR_00656-EPYR_00659) have a lower G+C content than the backbone of the chromosome, indicating an acquired foreign origin of these genes.
It has been shown that the participants in the ABIS study cohort have a slightly lower proportion of mothers with foreign origin and a slight under representation of parents with low education compared to the general Swedish population [ 11].
Less than 2% of the population is of foreign origin, a proportion far below that of other rich countries.
The Dutch group believes that half of all coins in Holland will be of foreign origin a year from now and that statistical equilibrium across Europe will be reached in five to seven years.
