The phrase "affecting the patterns of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how one thing influences or changes the established patterns or behaviors of another entity.
Example: "The new policy is affecting the patterns of employee productivity in the workplace."
Alternatives: "influencing the trends of" or "shaping the behaviors of".
In particular, it is important to ensure that our analysis of migration responses to specific shocks are not mixed with demographic changes also affecting the patterns of regional population.
The most critical block of problems (the "snake sack" of 6 K), strongly affecting the patterns of the future, is definitely that of the environment, including – according to the book - climate change, soil erosion and desertification, water quality and quantity, pollution and degradation of ecosystems, fossil fuel use, exhaustion of critical resources, food quality and safety, and much more.
However, further experimental and theoretical studies are necessary before we can disentangle the influences of the different variables affecting the patterns of collective movements.
To identify these key factors affecting the pattern of enzyme-substrate recognition, we performed two series of analyses.
Consumption: Cash for Clunkers is affecting the pattern of consumption, lifting it artificially and then making it look soft by comparison later on.
Cahill, Giandrea, and Quinn, 2005, 2006, show that a key factor affecting the pattern of labour market withdrawal is the type of job done.
Some dendritic cells are more likely to induce Th1 type immune responses whereas macrophage cells induce Th2 type responses affecting the pattern of antibody isotypes [46].
The part of population genetics that I'm interested in is how this distant relatedness affects the patterns of genetic variation we see in a population.
At the same time, the effective fertility differences and migration can affect the patterns of familial ties in the social structure [4].
Necessarily, this integration has to affect the patterns of host's gene expression.
After a significant QTL for TPCs is identified, the next step is to test how this QTL affects the patterns of TPCs.
