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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 — /dis euh sawr teuh tiv/, Animal Behav., Psychol. the reproductive pairing of individuals that have traits more dissimilar than would likely be the case if mating were random (contrasted with assortative mating). Cf. panmixia. [DIS 1 + ASSORT +… … Universalium
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
Mixing patterns — refer to systematic tendencies of one type of nodes in a network to connect to another type. For instance, nodes might tend to link to others that are very similar or very different. This feature is common in many social networks, although it… … Wikipedia
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
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
Assortativity — refers to a preference for a network s nodes to attach to others that are similar or different in some way. Though the specific measure of similarity may vary, network theorists often examine assortativity in terms of a node s degree M.E.J.… … Wikipedia
Assortative mixing — In the study of complex networks, the term assortative mixing refers to a bias in favor of connections between network nodes with similar characteristics. [cite journal author = M. E. J. Newman year = 2003 title = Mixing patterns in networks… … 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
Eugenics — is the self direction of human evolution : Logo from the Second International Eugenics Conference, 1921, depicting Eugenics as a tree which unites a variety of different fields.[1] Eugenics is the applied science or the bio social movement which… … Wikipedia
