"assortative mating" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1922, Frank A. Hartman, \"The Emergency Function of the Adrenal,\" Science, New Series, vol. 56, no. 1440, p. 146",
          "text": "Underlying all distributions of characters in assortative matings are certain elementary principles based on probabilities and the theory of sampling."
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          "ref": "2008 September 20, Sarah Barmak, “Social Science: I like you because you're like me”, in Toronto Star, page ID3:",
          "text": "A recent New York Times Magazine story that investigated the rise of diagnoses of bipolar disorder in children suggested assortative mating as a possible cause, because parents who are both bipolar—and who may marry because they are more likely to understand one another's symptoms—are more likely to have bipolar children.",
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        "Between males and females of a species, the mutual attraction or selection, for reproductive purposes, of individuals with similar characteristics."
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        "(psychology, genetics) Between males and females of a species, the mutual attraction or selection, for reproductive purposes, of individuals with similar characteristics."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "panmixia"
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          "word": "assortative pairing"
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          "roman": "assortativnoje sparivanije",
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          "word": "ассортативное спаривание"
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          "roman": "assortativnoje skreščivanije",
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          "word": "ассортативное скрещивание"
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      "word": "ассортативное спаривание"
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      "word": "ассортативное скрещивание"
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