assortative mating

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

assortative mating - mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating mating, pairing, sexual union, union, coupling, conjugation - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" disassortative mating - mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating

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