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assortative /as·sor·ta·tive/ (ah-sor´tah-tiv) characterized by or pertaining to selection on the basis of likeness or kind.

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assortative mating assortive mating random mating			We found that assortative mating, that is partner choice based on a shared ancestry, is very common in these populations," said Risch. People prefer partners with similar ancestry by Asian News International The attitude of unreserved choosiness that governs the norms of assortative mating is very different, however, from the unconditional attachment that governs the norms of parental love. Racial classification in assisted reproduction by Fox, Dov / Yale Law Journal The specific consequences of assortative mating are complex, but it can be generalized that if individuals preferentially mate according to phenotypic similarity (positive assortative mating), it will normally increase quantitative genetic variance and that negative assortative mating generally has the opposite effect (Conner & Hartl 2004). Genetic aspects of restoring Olympia oysters and other native ... by Camara, Mark D.; Vadopalas, Brent / Journal of Shellfish Research			association cortex association fiber Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Association for the Education of Children with Medical Needs association neuron Association of American Medical Colleges Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada association of ideas Association of Operating Room Nurses Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses association of practices Association of Surgical Technologists Association of Women's Health association paralysis association test associationist model of learning associative aphasia associative conditioning associative learning associative looseness associative neuron associative play assortative assortative mating assortive assortive mating assortment assumed role assumption assumption of risk Assumption-of-Risk Doctrine assurance AST Astacus astacus astasia astasia-abasia astatic astatine ASTDN asteatosis astemizole aster astereognosis asterion Asterisk Sign Asterix Syndrome asterixis asternal			assonance assonances assonances assonances assonant assonant assonant assonantal assonantal assonantal Assonants Assonants Assonants assonate assonate assonate assonated assonated assonated assonates assonates assonates assonating assonating assonating ASSOPOMAC Assoprovider assort assort assort assortative assortative mating assortative mating assortative mating assortative mating Assortative pairing Assortative pairing Assortative pairing assorted assorted assorted Assorted Computing Rumors About Nothing You Might Suspect Assorted Jelly Beans Assorted Scattering Chamber at RIKEN Accelerator Research Facility assorter assorter assorting assorting assortive assortive mating assortment assortment assortment assortment assortments assortments assortments assortments assorts assorts ASSORV

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