Assortative Mating Is a Natural Consequence of Heritable Variation in Preferences and Preferred Traits
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DOI: 10.1177/09567976251365900
Abstract: Assortative mating—the tendency to choose partners similar to oneself—is a ubiquitous phenomenon in mate choice. Despite numerous proposed explanations, a parsimonious mechanism has been overlooked: When individuals choose mates on the basis of heritable traits… read more here.
Keywords: variation preferences; assortative mating; preferences preferred; heritable variation ... See more keywords