Assortative mating

Assortative mating

Nonrandom mating between unrelated individuals with similar characteristics. Used for human or animal populations.

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Category: Genetic disorders
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assortative mating

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The tendency of like to mate with like. Mating can be assortative for a certain genotype (e.g., individuals with genotype AA tend to mate with other individuals of genotype AA) or ...

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The mating of a given genotype mates with another genotype at a frequency disproportionate to that expected from random encounter.

assortative mating

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Mating in which the partners are chosen on the basis of phenotypic similarity.

assortative mating

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Nonrandom mating between unrelated individuals with similar characteristics. Used for human or animal populations.

assortative mating

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The pairing of male and female organisms in a manner that involves more than chance, so that the mating of similar parents is encouraged.

assortative mating

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The mating of individuals with similar phenotypes.

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