Such spotty distribution prevents the plants from mixing genes, making them more vulnerable to the arrival of diseases, parasites, and predators associated with climate change, Lambe noted.
When the head honchos in Moscow or Doha set out to do something, they have a way of imposing their will (even if the Russian record of getting the trains running on time is a little spotty).
But spotty clouds rolled in and the ambient light fluctuated between direct and diffused sun.
Think dark jeans with a bright polka-dot top, or contrast a nude shift dress with a tailored spotty jacket.
Mixed content -- the ability to mix child elements and plain text in XML elements -- has spotty support in some schema languages, which is unfortunate since it is one of the defining features of XML.
Most ancient peat forests die gradually, leaving only spotty evidence of what grew there.
I know my knowledge of nutrition is spotty at best, so in my efforts to eat better, I asked a bunch of nutritionists for meal ideas.
Data for Africa are spotty but the continent's biggest economy, South Africa, is in recession.
Yet Japan has a spotty record for nuclear safety.
The regulatory scheme controlling the sale of raw milk on a state and local level was spotty; some states banned the sale of milk that was not pasteurized, some states did not.
It's like being the spotty, socially challenged nerd who has a crush on the PROM queen.
At the moment, this is the most frustrating part of the market to invest in. Information is spotty and often of dubious reliability.
Dholakia's study found that 22% of respondents allowed their Groupon coupons to expire without being used, though he warns that vendors' data was somewhat spotty on that metric.
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