Sentence examples for weaker preference for from inspiring English sources

The coalition preferred, while the single male showed a slightly weaker preference for scent marking within the buffer zone along the eastern boundary.

Participants aged between 31 and 40 have a weaker preference for moral leadership than those aged below 30 (β = − 0.11, p < 0.05).

They showed a slightly weaker preference for the magnetic field when the light was filtered to allow in only some of the ultraviolet and blue light of the spectrum, and they had no preference at all when ultraviolet and blue light were absent.

This pattern, of a main preference for diagnostic tests and a weaker preference for positive tests, has been replicated in other studies.

The P4 pocket is shallower than the P1 pocket and open at the end, and in DR1 exhibits a weaker preference for residues with some aliphatic character.

Another notable difference between our knockdown and overexpression data is the weaker preference for changes in basal dendrites with EphB2 knockdown in comparison to EphB2 or EphB2DN overexpression (Figures 3 and 4).

Given the relatively large difference in female risk when in association with high and low chirp rate males in G. lineaticeps, selection may be sufficiently strong to favor female behaviors that reduce the risk of fly parasitism, such as weaker preferences for high chirp rate males.

Controlled laboratory experiments suggest that female guppies have a greater risk of predation by a piscivorous cichlid when near more colorful males [8], and female guppies from populations with a higher risk of predation have weaker preferences for conspicuously colored males [37].

Female stalk-eyed flies (Cyrtodiopsis dalmanii) under transient food stress have weaker preferences for males with large eye-spans than unstressed females [ 23].

For instance, students with strong preferences to work in underserved areas may be more likely than their peers with weaker preferences for such care to select medical schools with a high "historical proportion" of graduates pursuing careers in primary care, because such schools are likely to focus on medical education relevant for underserved practice.

A weak preference for twinning was found for smaller grain boundary misorientation angles.