In improving yield, indirect selection (the selection of correlated/related traits other than that to be improved) is not necessarily as effective as direct selection.

It is possible inadvertently to apply direct selection to the characters whose correlated responses are of interest.

The bridge commission chose a direct selection, and picked the firm of McKim, Mead and White on April 4, 1923.

While there may be different reasons for using scanning, the most common is a physical disability resulting in reduced motor control for direct selection.

Communication during scanning is slower and less efficient than direct selection and scanning requires more cognitive skill (e.g., attention).

With direct selection a body part, pointer, adapted mouse, joystick, or eye tracking could be used, whereas switch access scanning is often used for indirect selection.

Nisha and Navneet will compete with each other tomorrow to win direct selection to Top 3.

However, reductions in genome size specially in parasites and symbionts can also be caused by direct selection to get rid of genes that have become unnecessary.

Recruitment to services & posts under the kerala Government by direct selection This type of recruitment is done to fill immediate/ irregular job vacancies.

Mimetic evolution also involved direct selection with the model acting as a "starting block" for the mimic to evolve against.