Definition of assortative mating Assortative mating
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What does assortative mating mean?
WordNet
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| assortative mating - mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating | ||
| mating, sexual union, pairing, coupling, conjugation, union the act of grouping things or people in pairs | ||
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Wiktionary 
- assortative mating (Noun)
Between males and females of a species, the mutual attraction or selection, for reproductive purposes, of individuals with similar characteristics.
