The phrase "alteration in the pattern" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or modifications in a specific sequence or arrangement, often in contexts like data analysis, behavior studies, or design.
Example: "The alteration in the pattern of consumer behavior indicates a shift towards more sustainable products."
Alternatives: "change in the pattern" or "modification in the pattern".
We have investigated centrin function in Paramecium, whose cortical organization allows detection of any spatial or temporal alteration in the pattern of basal-body duplication.
Conceptually, an alteration in the pattern of DNA methylation might serve as an efficient mechanism for genes to adapt functionality in response to a variable environment and also might compensate for the effects of a mal-functional polymorphism.
Unlike in sIBM, common muscular dystrophies associated with mutations in proteins of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC) such as Duchenne or Becker forms of muscular dystrophy, did not exhibit any alteration in the pattern or amount of RNF5 expression (Fig. S2).
We found no alteration in the pattern of results to those reported in the tables.
A further manifestation of the shock is the alteration in the pattern of DNA methylation.
No obvious alteration in the pattern of VEGF mRNA expression was evident and no significant changes in apoptosis were observed.
Our work indicates that it is actually a complete lack of apoptosis at the crucial stage of development that leads to this abnormality rather than an alteration in the patterning of apoptosis at this crucial time.
After damage or alteration in the patterns of activity, it is able to undergo remarkable changes in its architecture and to form new connections based upon a process of synaptic reorganization.
At the selected dose (0.8 pmol/embryo), nb/nbl MO-injected embryos (morphants) showed an overall normal morphology with no visible alteration in the patterning of the CNS.
Treatment of the organotypic cultures with TCDD causes alterations in the pattern of keratinocyte terminal differentiation.
The alterations in the pattern of G reactivity are consistent with the tissue-specific binding of molecules to the mouse immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer.
