assort
verb (used with object)
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
assortative
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a word derived from
assort.
Example Sentences
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Cross-trait assortative mating means that the genes you inherit from one parent will be correlated with those you inherit from the other.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2022
One common form of mate choice, called assortative mating, is an individual’s preference to mate with partners who are phenotypically similar to themselves.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“Harvard already did the selecting we looked for. It was just an early example of assortative mating.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2019
Men and women tend to consort with and marry others who are of similar characteristics, what psychologists call assortative mating.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2019
There is thus assortative mating for height, but it is far from perfect.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
