The phrase "a spectrum of defects" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a range or variety of flaws or issues in a particular context, such as manufacturing, software, or health.
Example: "The quality control report highlighted a spectrum of defects found in the production line, from minor scratches to major structural failures."
Alternatives: "a range of defects" or "a variety of defects".
We found that treating zebrafish embryos with RA at a low concentration (10−9 M) and 100 mM ethanol during gastrulation and somitogenesis stages significantly rescued a spectrum of defects produced by treating embryos with 100 mM ethanol alone.
Our findings indicate that Drosophila can serve as a useful model for identifying how graded changes in signaling can produce a spectrum of defects in neural development.
The non-neural defects in these mice are most likely due to defects in fetal movement caused by CNS dysfunction and appear to be part of a spectrum of defects caused by abnormalities in fetal movements.
While congenital heart malformations have been observed in animal studies of diabetic pregnancy, a spectrum of defects that can arise has been less well characterized [ 33- 35].
Skeletal preparations revealed a spectrum of defects, including apparent bifurcation or duplication of digit one, or full or partial duplication of another digit (Fig. 1T W and data not shown).
Hnf-1b results in a distinct form of diabetes that is associated with a spectrum of related defects including renal cysts and internal defects in uterus and genitalia [ 42].
Lsh knockout mice die perinatally with gross renal defects or shortly after birth with a spectrum of organ defects and a premature aging phenotype [ 30, 31].
However, infection during the first trimester of pregnancy can lead to a spectrum of birth defects known as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) including congenital eye defects, deafness, congenital heart diseases and mental retardation [ 2].
Deletion of miR-1-2 in mice (Zhao et al., 2007), which reduces the total expression of cardiac miR-1 by roughly 50%, results in a spectrum of cardiac defects on a pure 129 background, including incompletely penetrant lethality, cardiomyocyte proliferative defects, and electrophysiological abnormalities.
He said researchers investigating cases of microcephaly in maternity hospitals in Salvador, Brazil, are seeing a "spectrum" of birth defects.
RA deficiency may be a causative factor leading to a spectrum of birth defects classified as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
