The phrase "a reduction in tail" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to statistics, data analysis, or discussions about performance metrics where "tail" refers to the lower or upper extremes of a distribution.
Example: "The new policy resulted in a significant reduction in tail risks, improving the overall stability of the investment portfolio."
Alternatives: "a decrease in tail" or "a decline in tail".
Pigs were removed from the pen when they had a reduction in tail length, irrespective of the amount of reduction.
Our findings indicate that a reduction in tail chasing behaviour in pregnant dams prior to parturition is reflective of transgenerational programming by stress.
In the representative dantrolene-treated cells shown in Figures 1 and 2, there appears to be a reduction in tail current amplitude.
A reduction in tail DNA was evident in normal mucosal epithelial cells in a 1-h chase period, which was more efficient than in either epithelial cells taken from a dysplastic mucosa (patient ID 29) or in a cultivated colon tumour line.
The crosslinking of DNA STdR was measured as a reduction in comet tail moments in X-irradiated cells.
F1-SS, F2-SNN and F2-SSS groups showed a significant reduction in tail chasing behaviours when compared with controls.
A similar reduction in tail IKr density (∼40%) was seen in experiments when an alternative method, isotonic cesium conditions (Zhang, 2006), was used to isolate IKr from a different control and LQT2 iPSC line (supplementary material Fig. S1).
Changes specific to the woolly mammoth that accompanied the move to colder and more arid climates included a reduction in ear and tail size as well as thicker skin and fur.
The effects of acidic pH on channel current include a reduction in peak and tail current amplitudes and an increase in the rate of channel deactivation corresponding to a shift in the activation curve [9], [26], [27].
The tumour biopsy of one patient (patient 15) had an 80% reduction in tail moment in the comet assay thereby indicating the presence of DNA interstrand cross-links (Webley et al, 2001).
There was a reduction in the heavy ends tail (i.e. >600 °C) of at least a few %. 2.
