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• Researchers interested in explaining the relationship may prefer a more manual variable selection approach that takes into account background information and is geared toward the substantive questions of interest. (Faraway, 2006)
• In addition, methods for estimating genomic relationships and predicting genetic values from SNP genotype data are for the most part geared toward the use of diplotypes, rather than haplotypes, although the use of haplotypic values has been proposed. (Isik, Holland, Maltecca, 2016)
• In agriculture, genetic risk prediction is mostly geared towards selection of breeding stock on the basis of estimates of additive genetic values (that is, estimated breeding values) in the parent generation; the aim is to elicit average changes in the phenotype of the offspring generation. (Wray et al., 2013)
• Statistics is geared towards dealing with variability. (Yakir, 2011)