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assortative matings

assortative matings is the plural of assortative mating.

Meaning of assortative mating

Noun

assortative mating (countable and uncountable, plural assortative matings)

  1. Between males and females of a species, the mutual attraction or selection, for reproductive purposes, of individuals with similar characteristics.
    • Underlying all distributions of characters in assortative matings are certain elementary principles based on probabilities and the theory of sampling.1922, Frank A. Hartman, "The Emergency Function of the Adrenal," Science, New Series, vol. 56, no. 1440, p. 146

Questions about assortative matings

What is assortative matings the plural of?
Assortative matings is the plural of assortative mating.

Words near assortative matings in the dictionary

  1. assort
  2. assortation
  3. assortations
  4. assortative
  5. assortative mating
  6. assortative matings
  7. assortative pairing
  8. assortative pairings
  9. assortatively
  10. assortativeness
  11. assortativities

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