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assortative mating |
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mating /mat·ing/ (māt´ing) pairing of individuals of opposite sexes, especially for reproduction. assortative mating , assorted mating, assortive mating the mating of individuals having similar qualities or constitutions. random mating the mating of individuals without regard to any similarity between them.
assortative mating sexual reproduction in which the pairing of male and female is not random. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Called assortative mating, this is a critical factor in maintaining genetic differences among geographically mingled races. In the current case, the erotophilic individual likely has an erotophilic partner (for a review of evidence of assortative mating by erotophilic and erotophobic men and women, see Fisher et al. From an evolutionary and ethological perspective, universities serve the purposes of assortative mating almost ideally. |
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