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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alters instead" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to indicate a change or modification in preference or choice, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The new policy alters instead of maintaining the previous guidelines."
Alternatives: "changes instead" or "modifies instead".
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Targeted mutagenesis and misexpression of individual and multiple HoxD genes in the animal model (mouse and chick) showed that the perturbation of Hox gene expression alters instead the size, shape of specific skeletal elements [ 11, 12].
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Structures of domination are not altered; instead, positions of key field actors are strengthened.
This might indicate that the expression level of SRF is not altered instead activation of the SRF might be important for mediating downstream signaling.
A qualitatively similar result is obtained if the number of binding sites is altered instead of their affinity (see supplementary material Section 1 and Fig. S1B).
She altered it instead to Fonteyn, a surname her elder brother later took as his own as well.
If, for example, its buyers had altered it instead, modifying its roof line, it would have become a different, sadder building.
An entrance flanked by the towers of a pylon was planned for the north end, but this design was altered, and, instead, the most striking feature of the temple, a majestic colonnade of 14 pillars, 52 feet (16 metres) high, was added.
If the blockchain is supposed to a trust-based system, how do you ensure that you aren't creating a means to alter data instead of validating it?
TfL says the changes at Blackfriars were not comparable as the name of station was not altered, but instead crossed out.
Since the duration of GP training was changed from two to three years in 1987 and the admission procedure has been altered (application instead of admission by lot), the participation rate has risen [ 14].
Our estimates were not substantially altered if instead we assumed that missing sequences covered conserved arrangements the numbers of snRNAs, snoRNAs, and tRNAs lost along the two lineages combined would be 3, 4, and 29, which are 21%, 2%, and 12%, respectively.
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