Risk areas for the suspected ZCL vector P. bergeroti had a more patchy distribution.
The loess deposits in these areas are less thick (up to 12 m) and have a more patchy distribution than in the Caspian Lowland of northern Iran.
Interpretations of phylogenetic analyses of proteins with a more patchy distribution in the tree of life are more challenging than the cases described above.
Although the CR1-like superfamily is globally ubiquitous in vertebrates, its constituting families CR1, LINE2, and Rex1/Babar show a more patchy distribution.
Some TE superfamilies were found to be widespread in vertebrates, but most elements showed a more patchy distribution, indicative of multiple events of loss or gain.
The authors suggested that the diffuse nature of the intrathoracic current in transthoracic shock causes more patchy distribution of damage than focal necrosis.
In addition, R. zephyria is found in the northeastern United States into Canada, but exhibits a more patchy distribution across the region and may be non-native (Gavrilovic et al. 2007).
This is presumably because groups of foxes are larger and live in smaller territories in highly productive regions, and because the more patchy distribution of food and shelters favor disease spread [ 78].
Rarer gestures showed a more patchy distribution of use, as would be expected: it may take years to record the full repertoire of a single individual (Byrne and Tanner 2006).
Both these groups of HEPN domain proteins are also widely distributed among major bacterial lineages (Table 1, Additional file 1) but show a much more patchy distribution in bacteria than in archaea.
