Assortative mating
the reproductive pairing of individuals that have more traits in common than would likely be the case if mating were random (contrasted with ).
Historical Examples
If other traits are measured, assortative mating will again be found.
Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
It presupposes no assortative mating, no inbreeding and no selection.
Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
In this case, the mathematician can give us a coefficient of resemblance, or of assortative mating, which we write as zero.
Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
But in any case the existence of assortative mating for such traits is significant.
Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
assortative mating as·sor·ta·tive mating (ə-sôr’tə-tĭv)
n.
Nonrandom mating in which individuals mate preferentially according to phenotype.
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