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Disassortative mating — Disassortative sexual selection is a form of sexual selection in which one sex chooses the other, in such a way that the offspring benefits from the diversity of the parental genotypes. Two examples of this form of selection are self… … Wikipedia
disassortative mating — noun mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating • Ant: ↑assortative mating • Hypernyms: ↑coupling, ↑mating, ↑pairing, ↑conjugation, ↑union, ↑sexual union * * * … Useful english dictionary
Mating — Dragonflies mating Tortoises mating … Wikipedia
mating — noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes (Freq. 2) the casual couplings of adolescents the mating of some species occurs only in the spring • Syn: ↑coupling, ↑pairing, ↑conjugation, ↑union, ↑sexual … Useful english dictionary
Assortative mating — (also called assortative pairing), and the related concept Disassortative mating, is the phenomenon where a sexually reproducing organism chooses to mate with individuals that are similar[1][2] (positive assortative mating) or dissimilar… … Wikipedia
assortative mating — noun mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating • Ant: ↑disassortative mating • Hypernyms: ↑coupling, ↑mating, ↑pairing, ↑conjugation, ↑union, ↑sexual union * * * … Useful english dictionary
assortative mating — Animal Behav., Psychol. 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). Cf. panmixia. [1895 1900] * * * ▪ genetics in human … Universalium
assortative mating — noun 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… … Wiktionary
Major Histocompatibility Complex and Sexual Selection — A pathogen is any agent that causes disease. The body has two defense mechanisms for dealing with pathogenic microorganisms and other harmful substances: the inflammatory reaction and the development of an acquired immunity. Acquired immunity… … Wikipedia
pairing — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑coupling, ↑mating, ↑conjugation, ↑union, ↑sexual union … Useful english dictionary
