The phrase "a pattern that mimics" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a design, behavior, or phenomenon that imitates or resembles another pattern.
Example: "The artist created a pattern that mimics the natural flow of water, giving the painting a sense of movement."
Alternatives: "a design that imitates" or "a structure that resembles".
The tread was hand-cut by Goodyear in a pattern that mimics Chevy's bow-tie emblem.
With that in mind, Ms. van Ooij created a pattern that mimics technical drawings, reminding users how tableware is made.
Incremental strain histories from syntectonic fibers in pyrite pressure shadows indicate a progressive change in extension direction from down dip to along strike during deformation, there is a corresponding temporal variation in stretching direction shown in samples from the eastern edge of the Central Range, a pattern that mimics the regional west-to-east spatial variation.
In summary, our findings confirm the high genetic heterogeneity of the Roma groups which has been shaped by several founder events combined with low effective population sizes, creating a pattern that mimics the migration routes the Roma followed within Europe.
Pea3NLSlacZ mice have a bacterial β-galactosidase (β-gal; lacZ) expression cassette "knocked-in" to the endogenous Pea3 locus, and express β-gal from the targeted allele in a pattern that mimics the spatial and temporal expression of the endogenous Pea3 allele [19], [32], [70].
CC3 signal amplified with TSA localizes to axon tracts labeled with neurofilament in a pattern that mimics fractin and TubulinΔCsp6.
They placed oat flakes (a slime mold favorite) on agar plates in a pattern that mimicked the locations of cities around Tokyo and impregnated the plates with P. polycephalum at the point representing Tokyo itself.
However, even such a simplified network is able to qualitatively represent the emergent property of a stable activity pattern that mimics a working memory property, as evidenced by the similarity of the model outcome with electrophysiology readings in primates performing such a task [ 11].
We previously reported that TCRα LCR DNA supports a gene expression pattern that mimics proper thymus-stage, TCRα gene-like developmental regulation.
Although the number of institutional investors expressing concern about FCA is small, their apparent nervousness mimics a pattern that developed last summer, when lack of confidence in FCA management prompted depositors--mostly those with millions of dollars on deposit--to withdraw $6.84 billion from July through September, or about 27% of the savings and loan's deposit base.
It is also found in nest structures; some eusocial wasps, such as Leipomeles dorsata, build a nest envelope in patterns that mimic the leaves surrounding the nest.
