assortative mating

Thesaurus

Noun

assortative mating - mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random matingmating, 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

assortative mating

[ə′sȯrd·əd·iv ¦mād·iŋ] (genetics) Nonrandom mating with respect to phenotypes.

assortative mating

as·sort·a·tive mat·ing

selection of a mate with preference for (or aversion to) a particular genotype, that is, nonrandom mating. Synonym(s): nonrandom mating

non-random mating

Mating between two genetically compatible organisms in which the pairing combinations are influenced or controlled in some fashion.

as·sort·a·tive mat·ing

(ă-sōrt'ă-tiv māt'ing) Selection of a mate with preference for (or aversion to) a particular genotype, i.e., nonrandom mating.

assortative mating

a type of cross in which the choice of partner is affected by the GENOTYPE, i.e. mating is nonrandom. For example, human matings are often assortative with respect to racial features since persons of one racial group may tend to have children by partners of the same group. This choice of mates means that genotypic frequencies predicted by the HARDY-WEINBERG LAW may not be found. See also RANDOM MATING, INTERBREED.

assortative mating

noun

Antonyms for assortative mating

noun mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating

Related Words

mating
pairing
sexual union
union
coupling
conjugation

Antonyms

disassortative mating

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