selective

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For decades, many scientists assumed that most dog diversity resulted from recent selective breeding practices that emerged with Victorian Kennel Clubs.

From Science Daily

Her lab has played a key role in revealing how selective signaling at opioid receptors can reduce pain without causing breathing suppression or tolerance.

From Science Daily

This kind of selective loss is extremely rare and pointed to a very specific molecular interaction interfering with the electrons' motion.

From Science Daily

The same technology that could cure muscular dystrophy could, in theory, be misused for cosmetic or selective traits.

From The Wall Street Journal

But experts from consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers, doing business as PwC, flagged recently that there’s been only “selective investor appetite” for IPOs recently.

From MarketWatch