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单词 assortative mating
释义

assortative mating in American English

noun
Animal Behavior & Psychology
the reproductive pairing of individuals that have more traits in common than would likely be the case if mating were random (contrasted with disassortative mating)
Compare panmixia
Word origin
[1895–1900]

Examples of 'assortative mating' in a sentence
assortative mating

Successful people tend to marry other successful people in what biologists call 'assortative mating'.Moreover, assortative mating is probably reinforcing the trend.Through 'assortative mating' they later pair up with boy graduates, also middle class, creating two-income families.Assortative mating - the tendency of similar people to hook up - has doubled in a generation.
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