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Meanings of positive assortative mating in English

Russian
ассортативность
Portuguese
acasalamento preferencial
Spanish
emparejamiento selectivo
Catalan
aparellament selectiu
Wikidata

Mating pattern in which individuals with similar phenotypes (e.g. size, colour) mate with one another more often.

      ассортативность
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      It revealed that assortative mating was moderately positive for both ornaments.
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      2
      Insemination and assortative mating experiments failed to identify prezygotic mating barriers.
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      If other traits are measured, assortative mating will again be found.
      Applied Eugenics
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      Such assortative mating means that the offspring will usually be well endowed with a talent.
      Applied Eugenics
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      Our results show that assortative mating needs to be considered in population genetic studies of body height and weight.
      Pubmed
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