"desired trait" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it in a sentence such as, "The most desired trait in a good leader is selflessness."
With conventional breeding, thousands of unknown genes are transferred in order to get the one with the desired trait.
The science behind genetically engineered crops involves making a copy of a gene for a desired trait in one plant to use in another plant.
Currently, this is achieved by screening collections and libraries comprising natural or man-made diversity for the desired trait.
"Compassion seems to have evolved as a desired trait for mate selection, and, as such, serves important social purposes," she says.
From then on the horticulturalists take over growing the cells into plants and crossing those that express the desired trait with their conventional counterparts.
Scientifically, advocates see this as being similar to using a chemical or radiation to generate mutations and then screening the plants for a desired trait — which is not classed as genetic modification.
Understanding the structures provides clues to their functions, interactions between the molecular parts and how certain desired traits are expressed.
What we know anecdotally is that for egg donors, it's more often looks that are the desired traits.
The genetic manipulation of cells is the most promising strategy for designing microorganisms with desired traits.
Lastly you will find the entire analytic rubric, for all five desired traits, that was finally used for the assignment.
This obsession with the special boss leads to the second approach to leadership analysis that is important to avoid - the desired traits, or personality characteristics, of a leader.
