Assortative versus selective mating
Is the distinction worthwhile
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5958728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hamish G Spencer (0000-0001-7531-597X, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 310-315 |
| Publication date | 1992-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19485565.1992.9988827 |
| PMID | 1340050 |
| OpenAlex | W1972626721 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The study examines the distinction between assortative and selective mating made by Lewontin, Kirk, and Crow in 1968 and finds it unproductive. Not only has the difference been ignored on many occasions even as it was invoked, but maintaining it obscures several useful properties of both nonrandom mating schemes and some formally equivalent systems such as fertility selection. The elucidation of these similarities could have accelerated the work of population biologists
Assortative mating · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Fertility · Mating · Population · Selection (genetic algorithm · Sociology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Demography · Ecology · Evolution and Genetic Dynamics · Plant and animal studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |