Sentence examples for marker rather than from inspiring English sources

HSV-1 isolated from lung secretions may thus be a marker rather than a mediator of severe illness.

To further determine whether SERPINB2 can serve as a "universal" marker rather than a specific response gene to a certain chemical (dioxin) for predicting toxic responses to any types of toxic material, SERPINB2 expression profiles were investigated with various types of known toxic substances.

These findings indicate that TPO-abs positivity should be considered as a 'trait' marker, rather than being related to mood state.

However, failures in detecting specific correlation between the number of RM190 repeats and an AAC group were frequently observed, suggesting that this microsatellite is simply a closely linked marker rather than the causal mutation for AAC variation (Ayres et al. 1997; Dobo et al., 2010).

Like many intersex people I know, Hasani says that they would now prefer to be officially identified by an "X" marker, rather than as male or female.

Thus it is more likely that one may hit upon a variant that is a linked marker rather than hit directly upon the culprit causative variant.

Still others suggest that protein aggregates are markers, rather than root causes, of dysfunction.

Values of microstructure-scale da/dN are determined by microscopy of programmed load-induced crack surface markers, rather than surface-only measurements.

A DNA testing company might be more interested, for instance, in financing studies that discover sellable genetic markers rather than open-ended, basic research.

Norton, G. R. et al. Independent of left ventricular mass, circulating inflammatory markers rather than pressure load are associated with concentric left ventricular remodelling.

There are no figures for how many "general markers", rather than expert examiners, are used, but it is a growing trend.