The phrase "a weak extent" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used when discussing the limited degree or scope of something, but it is better to use more standard expressions.
Example: "The evidence presented only supports the theory to a weak extent, making it difficult to draw firm conclusions."
Alternatives: "a limited degree" or "a slight extent".
Transcription of Phc2 was downregulated, although to a weak extent (Figure 2B and 2C).
Only two ion channels were affected by GSK-7975A, and while inhibition of l-type Ca2+ channels occurred only to a weak extent, TRPV6 channels displayed complete block at a rate similar to the inhibition obtained with La3+.
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more than three times more likely to develop MS than controls; in addition, the two diseases appear to be linked, albeit to a weak extent, within families.
Hierarchical organization was strengthened by simultaneous description and, to a weaker extent, by familiarity.
Body mass index, a gross estimate of circulating estrogen, was significantly positively related to change in attentional and psychomotor processes regardless of treatment group, and to a weaker extent, verbal memory, but only in the estrogen-treated group.
A similar tendency occurs in the k=5/n=750 design, also for the normal marginals method, yet to a weaker extent.
The core material reacted in addition with Concavalin A, but like the skin to a weaker extent than the glycoprotein layer.
Intriguingly, it was recently shown that global expression of alpha power (and, to a weaker extent, beta power) is positively correlated with activity in a "tonic-alertness network," comprised of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, and thalamus [21].
When overexpressed under en-Gal4 control, UAS-dGIPC perturbs wing hair formation with some mis-orientation and multiple wing hairs reminiscent of those observed with the GS2053 EP-line, albeit to a weaker extent, arguing possibly for some non-coding sequences affecting either the stability of the transcript or the efficiency of translation (Fig. 1E&F).
Levodopa reduced hyperaltruism, albeit to a weaker extent than the effect of citalopram on harm aversion.
However, in p53 mutant ERα-positive T47D cells, we observed similar regulation yet to a weaker extent.
