It revealed that assortativemating was moderately positive for both ornaments.
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Insemination and assortativemating experiments failed to identify prezygotic mating barriers.
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If other traits are measured, assortativemating will again be found.
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Such assortativemating means that the offspring will usually be well endowed with a talent.
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Our results show that assortativemating needs to be considered in population genetic studies of body height and weight.
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When assortativemating was taken into account, shared environmental factors had no effect on phenotypic variation in body height or BMI.
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They also call for studying the potential role of assortativemating in local adaptation and evolution of ornaments in both sexes.
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This study showed significant heritability, which is slightly increased by assortativemating, and significant effects of primarily nonparental shared environment on CD.
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At the center of the zone, hybrids are abundant, although deviations from Hardy-Weinberg and linkage disequilibria are strong, due in part to assortativemating.
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Based on data for 1,657 pairs of birds, we found large interannual variation: assortativemating varied from positive to negative.
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Assortativemating was evident for body height and BMI.
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Preferential Mating and AssortativeMating.
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Assortativemating by body height and weight is well established in various populations, but its causal mechanisms remain poorly understood.
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Assortativemating is a potential outcome of sexual selection, and estimating its level is important to better understand local adaptation and underlying trait evolution.