The phrase "a preferred selection" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you are referring to a selection of something that is considered to be more desirable or preferable than other choices. For example, "After much consideration, the board chose the candidate with the most impressive resume as their preferred selection."
Our 6-parameter model based on the above rationalization of C incorporation from [U-C]-glucose was corroborated by its comparison and preferred selection from over 40 variant models, representing many alternate pathways discussed above.
She included much spiritual and ballad material in her repertoire, but she preferred selections from grand and light opera.
1. MJO is a planetary-scale (dominant zonal wavenumber 1 and 2) circulation system coupled with a large-scale (zonal wavenumber 3 5) convective complex, implying a preferred scale selection exists.
The additive model Y1 including ε and β is preferred by selection based on AIC and BIC and explains a considerable part of the overall variance in ω (r = 0.39).
Mr. Padilla said that he would have preferred the selection of Mr. Lopez, because he believed that only someone with an insider's knowledge of the Los Angeles department could achieve the reforms it needed.
Some VH-genes are preferred after selection, e.g. VH1-18, VH3-23, VH3-30, VH3-30.
In total, 30%[24%%] preferred the selection of review articles, 23%[5%%] primary research studies, and 43% [71%] a mix of both types for discussion; interest in primary studies correlated positively with level of training.
Evolutionary ecological models that assume symmetric and small-effect mutations have shown that predominant selfing is a stable state among the mating systems (Lande and Schemske, 1985), suggesting that evolution towards predominant selfing is asymmetrically preferred by selection.
Explanatory reductionism was thus always to be preferred: when selection pressures at higher and lower levels were aligned (either both positive or both negative), processes at the lower were to be given causal priority.
Since the preferred strand selection of certain miRNAs is not consistently associated with sequence conservation, our data demonstrate the limitations of miRNA prediction and annotation based on sequence similarity.
While I'd usually prefer a selection of small plates — which best show off the chef's creativity — it would be sinful to skip any of the above-mentioned entrees.
