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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.

as·sor·ta·tive mating (-sôrt-tv)
n.
Nonrandom mating in which individuals mate preferentially according to phenotype.

assortative mating
sexual reproduction in which the pairing of male and female is not random.


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