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Assortative mating

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 matingis atendency of individuals to marry within their own religious group0.90text
Assortative matingis akey element leading to reproductive isolation within a species0.90text
crest size.The opposite of assortative is disassortative matinginstance ofand secondary sexual traits0.80text
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the land snail Bradybaena pellucidainstance ofIt has been found in the simultaneous hermaphrodites0.80text
the eastern bluebirdsinstance ofThis type of assortative mating is more common in socially monogamous bird species0.80text
Swedish-Americansinstance ofthe fact that people are more likely to marry within ethnic subgroups0.80text
ADHDinstance ofand this can be attributed to mate choice based on generosity rather than phenotypic convergence.Assortative mating also occurs among people with mental disorders0.80text
in which one person with ADHD is more likely to marry or have a child with another individual with ADHDinstance ofand this can be attributed to mate choice based on generosity rather than phenotypic convergence.Assortative mating also occurs among people with mental disorders0.80text
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