The phrase "alters patterns of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes or modifications to established behaviors, trends, or systems.
Example: "The new policy alters patterns of employee engagement within the organization."
Alternatives: "changes trends in" or "modifies behaviors of".
Positive selection distorts the structure of genealogies and hence alters patterns of genetic variation within a population.
Changing costs of shoreline stabilization can alter stabilization decisions, which in turn alters patterns of coastline change.
In a new step toward answering that question, MIT biological engineers have found that the protein encoded by this mutant gene alters patterns of chemical modifications of DNA.
We also find that this, and the movement of nutrients among patches via dispersal, alters patterns of food web architecture, trophic structure and diversity along the productivity gradient.
We ask 1) whether marital status alters patterns of reported tolerance between men and women, 2) whether marital duration or other socioeconomic factors alter tolerance for either men or women, and 3) whether marital duration is related to the degree of similarity between partners in tolerance for domestic violence.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the presence of the morning glory Ipomoea purpurea alters patterns of selection on floral traits of its congener, Ipomoea hederacea.
Stress causes alterations in hippocampal networks, including altered patterns of neurogenesis and remodeling of dendrites [ 13, 14].
For example, altered patterns of electrical activation lead primarily to electrical remodeling, without significant structural remodeling.
The career of the Turkish writer Fatma Aliye shows how a combination of new institutions, technology and altered patterns of thought were changing society with a convulsive force.
Along with mindfulness, the treatment Brotto's supervisor devised for borderline personality uses cognitive therapy, which stresses altering patterns of thought to transform self-image and experience.
