The phrase "affecting distinct" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe something that influences or impacts distinct elements or categories, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The study revealed that the factors affecting distinct groups varied significantly."
Alternatives: "influencing different" or "impacting separate".
Together, these results suggest that complex behaviours in this case, a classic 'extended phenotype' can evolve through multiple genetic changes each affecting distinct behaviour modules.
Votes on policies affecting distinct aspects of academic life are apportioned according to the responsibility that constituencies bear for those aspects.
This variable phenotype is associated with a wide genetic heterogeneity due to various missense mutations affecting distinct functional domains of the nuclear receptor and responsible for impaired glucocorticoid signalling [9].
Tumours within the BRCA1- and BRCA2-related genomic subgroups were found to acquire genomic alterations affecting distinct regions of their genomes while also displaying distinct tumour phenotypes.
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most common malignancies in humans, affecting distinct head and neck topologies including oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx and nasopharynx.
In addition, the combination of lines positively affecting distinct growth processes seems to allow compensating negative effects sometimes observed when constitutively expressing or strongly downregulating growth regulators, such as observed in ami-ppd-SAUR19 OE.
To determine whether the mutations affected distinct functional groups, we categorized the affected gene targets by gene ontology (GO) classification.
There are many current socio-environmental conflicts and problems around the world that affect distinct nationalities, races, or ethnicities.
Given the relatively coarse (mm) scale of dMRI, it is possible that distinct types of intervention (e.g., training in reading vs. math skills) affect distinct subpopulations of fibers with distinct cortical terminations and functional roles.
Variation in the quantity of nutrients ingested over an individual's lifetime is likely to differentially affect distinct male secondary sexual traits and courtship signals, potentially providing females with information about a male's past and present foraging history.
Grey matter is more metabolically demanding than white matter and is preferentially affected, distinct from LVO.
