The phrase "absence of a reference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the lack of a citation or source for information.
Example: "The report was criticized for its absence of a reference to any credible studies."
Alternatives: "lack of a citation" or "nonexistence of a source".
In the absence of a reference genome for the Axolotl, transcriptomic analysis become fundamental to understand the genetic basis of regeneration.
Through analysis of OECD archives, we extract the reasons why OECD changed its role in the absence of a reference point against which to benchmark national situations.
Due to the absence of a reference electrode, current dependent potential drops at the tip and in the water film cannot be compensated.
First, the absence of a reference value for the correct attenuation map was addressed by visual inspection of each of the MR-ACINPAINTED maps to ensure that the inpainting was done correctly.
The opening of a specialized reception center for heavily handicapped brain injured patients was complicated by the absence of a reference frame or former undertaking likely to serve as a model.
However, the characterization of these coatings is complicated, mainly due to the absence of a reference compound, to the lack of long-range order, and to the poor knowledge about their bonding structure.
For barley, the absence of a reference genome prevented anchoring reads to a physical map.
The utility of low-coverage next-generation sequencing has been limited in the absence of a reference genome.
Alternatively, for kinship analyses and genomic selection in the absence of a reference genome, the tags can simply be treated as dominant markers.
Alternatively, for kinship analyses in the absence of a reference genome, the sequence tags can simply be treated as dominant markers.
The first was to evaluate the performance of three diagnostic tests for TB in live badgers, using a Bayesian approach in the absence of a reference test.
