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Assortative mating (also referred to as positive assortative mating or homogamy) is a mating pattern and a form of sexual selection in which individuals with similar phenotypes or genotypes mate with one another more frequently than would be expected under a random mating pattern.
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| Assortative mating | is a | tendency of individuals to marry within their own religious group | 0.90 | text |
| Assortative mating | is a | key element leading to reproductive isolation within a species | 0.90 | text |
| crest size.The opposite of assortative is disassortative mating | instance of | and secondary sexual traits | 0.80 | text |
| also referred to | instance of | and secondary sexual traits | 0.80 | text |
| the land snail Bradybaena pellucida | instance of | It has been found in the simultaneous hermaphrodites | 0.80 | text |
| the eastern bluebirds | instance of | This type of assortative mating is more common in socially monogamous bird species | 0.80 | text |
| Swedish-Americans | instance of | the fact that people are more likely to marry within ethnic subgroups | 0.80 | text |
| ADHD | instance of | and this can be attributed to mate choice based on generosity rather than phenotypic convergence.Assortative mating also occurs among people with mental disorders | 0.80 | text |
| in which one person with ADHD is more likely to marry or have a child with another individual with ADHD | instance of | and this can be attributed to mate choice based on generosity rather than phenotypic convergence.Assortative mating also occurs among people with mental disorders | 0.80 | text |
| Assortative mating | has cause | Several | 0.60 | section |
| Assortative mating | has cause | Assortative | 0.60 | section |
| Assortative mating | has cause | In | 0.60 | section |
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