The phrase "a preferential selection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a choice or decision that favors one option over others, often in contexts like hiring, product choices, or resource allocation.
Example: "The committee made a preferential selection of candidates based on their qualifications and experience."
Alternatives: "a favored choice" or "a preferred option".
This class is characterized by a preferential selection where the edge destinations are chosen according to a preferential function f(k) which depends on the node degree k.
The PES shows a peculiar dependence of the lateral diffusion barriers on the rotation angle of the benzene molecule which leads to a preferential selection of certain rotational states in the MD trajectories.
Although LOFA-carriers might have contributed to the distribution, a selection bias can be ruled out since there was not a preferential selection during recruitment.
However, also in this case we did not observe a preferential selection on specific PGC phenotypes or a modulation of the percentage of newborn cells expressing selective PGC neurochemical markers, with the exception of TH.
This study showed, notably, that in conjunction CVS, where two features (shape and color) define the target, letters located inside items sharing one feature with the target were detected more often, suggesting the existence of a preferential selection of potentially pertinent items.
We cannot rule out a preferential selection of these subjects in our study.
This approach may result in a post-test referral bias as a result of preferential selection of patients with a clear positive MPS examination for coronary angiography.
Our work suggested usage of PAM for efficient qualitative screening and as a microbiological medium for preferential selection of PAOs on Petri-plates.
Hence, this editing process may also be a source for the preferential selection of particular dates.
For example, in one case, three TP53 mutations were detected in the primary lesion, but only the complex mutation resulting in premature termination at codon 183 was detected in the CNS metastasis from this patient (as a homozygous mutation), showing preferential selection of the complex mutation.
However, in one out of four of the mice analyzed, TCRβ chains in sorted CD4 SP cells from thymocytes in peptide-primed TCRα transgenics show preferential selection of a preferred TCR heterodimer, 44% of TCRs using a common TCRβ chain (Additional file 5D).
