The phrase "are distinctive between" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct form would be "are distinctive of" or "are distinct between" depending on the context.
Example: "The two species are distinctive of their respective habitats."
Alternatives: "are characteristic of" or "are unique to".
Here, we show that UCP2 expression is distinctive between low and high histological-grade tumors.
Previous studies had shown H3K36me3 to be distinctive between alternatively spliced exons and constitutively spliced ones (Hon et al. 2009).
Since most changes in a neoplastic cell are being produced in the nuclei, with modifications being changed in size, density, and chromatin distribution, such abnormalities can be distinctive between normal cells and affected ones.
There are distinctive differences between the two phases of fluid inclusion in T h and ice final melting temperatures.
There are distinctive marks between the British and Roman work — breastworks are formed at the edge of the escarpments, even where they are the steepest, in the Roman camp, while there is not a trace of anything of the kind in the British.
Yet, there are distinctive differences between humans and these animals as well as non-human primates.
While both cutaneous and uveal melanomas develop from melanocytes originating in the neural crest and also share several histological characteristics, there are distinctive differences between the two types of tumour in terms of cytogenetic anomalies and familial inheritance.
For the purpose of this review, ethnicity is defined as 'shared origins or social background; shared culture and traditions that are distinctive, maintained between generations, and lead to a sense of identity and group; and a common language or religious tradition' (pp 327, Senior and Bhopal, 1994).
In defining ethnicity, we followed Senior and Bhopal, who wrote: "[ethnicity] implies one or more of the following: shared origins or social background; shared culture and traditions that are distinctive, maintained between generations, and lead to a sense of identity and group; and a common language or religious tradition".
These constitutions are distinctive in being not simply compacts between rulers and ruled but involving the people, the general government, and the states constituting the federal union.
