ASSORTATIVE MATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assortative mating mean? 

• ASSORTATIVE MATING (noun)
  The noun ASSORTATIVE MATING has 1 sense:

1. mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating

  Familiarity information: ASSORTATIVE MATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSORTATIVE MATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("assortative mating" is a kind of...):

conjugation; coupling; mating; pairing; sexual union; union (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes)

Antonym:

disassortative mating (mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating)