assortative mating
Noun 1. mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating (antonym) disassortative mating (hypernym) coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union | ||||
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Assortative mating.
The mating of a given genotype mates with another genotype at a frequency disproportionate to that expected from random encounter
The mating of a given genotype mates with another genotype at a frequency disproportionate to that expected from random encounter
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Assortative mating
Assortative mating (also called assortative pairing) takes place when sexually reproducing organisms tend to mate with individuals that are like themselves in some respect (positive assortative mating) or dissimilar (negative assortative mating). In evolution, these two types of assortative mating have the effect of reducing and expanding the range of variation, respectively, when the assorting is cued on heritable traits.
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