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Size-assortative mating in a long-lived monogamous seabird
Mate choice is a key process in animals to optimize the fitness benefits of reproduction, and it is generally guided by phenotypic features of...
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Reflections on assortative mating, social stratification, and genetics
A recent report by G. Clark points to a sustained persistence of social status in England that extends vertically across several generations and...
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rBahadur: efficient simulation of structured high-dimensional genotype data with applications to assortative mating
Existing methods for generating synthetic genotype data are ill-suited for replicating the effects of assortative mating (AM). We propose
rb _dplr , a...
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Spatiotemporal segregation by migratory phenotype indicates potential for assortative mating in lake sturgeon
Migratory diversity can promote population differentiation if sympatric phenotypes become temporally, spatially, or behaviorally segregated during...
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Multiple traits predict reproductive success and assortative mating in mutually ornamented Campo flickers (Colaptes campestris campestris)
AbstractCooperative species have provided extensive evidence on the evolution of cooperation and kin selection mechanisms, but they have been poorly...
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Mate Choice and Size-Assortative Mating in the Climbing Perch Anabas testudineus (Actinopteri: Anabantidae)
AbstractNon-random mating plays a key role in speciation and impacts the individual life history. Body size is known to be one of the most important...
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Genetic footprints of assortative mating in the Japanese population
Assortative mating (AM) is a pattern characterized by phenotypic similarities between mating partners. Detecting the evidence of AM has been...
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The impact of assortative mating, participation bias and socioeconomic status on the polygenic risk of behavioural and psychiatric traits
To investigate assortative mating (AM), participation bias and socioeconomic status (SES) with respect to the genetics of behavioural and psychiatric...
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Body size, assortative mating and divorce rates in a little-known skua taxon, the Falkland Skua Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus
Several studies have attempted to identify the selective pressures leading to reversed size dimorphism (RSD), a characteristic of skuas and of a wide...
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Negative assortative mating and maintenance of shell colour polymorphism in Littorina (Neritrema) species
Colour polymorphism is a widespread phenomenon in natural populations of several species. In particular, it is especially common on marine gastropod...
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Genetic gain and inbreeding from simulation of different genomic mating schemes for pig improvement
BackgroundGenomic selection involves choosing as parents those elite individuals with the higher genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) to...
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Mating Systems
Males and females have evolved a particular set of tactics and strategies, or mating systems, to find and successfully inseminate or be inseminated...
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It’s the time of the season: seasonal variation in sexually conflicted size-assortative pairing
AbstractSize-assortative pairing is common across a wide range of taxa. In many cases, both sexes would benefit from pairing with a mate larger than...
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Mating system of the symbiotic shrimp Chernocaris placunae (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Vietnam: social monogamy and differences between two sites with contrasting environmental conditions
In symbiotic crustaceans, social monogamy is favored in species that inhabit scarce, relatively small, and morphologically simple hosts in tropical...
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Mating Behavior
The mating behaviors of Parastrachia japonensis Scott (Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae) were observed under both natural field conditions and...
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Mating Behaviour
In sexually reproducing animals, reproduction entails insemination (the transfer of the male’s sperm to the female) and fertilisation (the fusion of...
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Computer Simulation Model of a Hybrid Zone: Assortative Mating in the Role of Selection against Hybrids
AbstractThe assumption of low hybrid fitness serves as the cornerstone in the logical justification of the discreteness of species in terms of the...
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Little evidence for color- or size-based mating preferences by male strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio)
AbstractWhile there are many studies documenting female mating preferences across taxa, male mate choice remains relatively understudied. Male mate...
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Assortative Mating in Hybrid Zones between Chromosomal Races of the Common Shrew Sorex araneus L. (Soricidae, Soricomorpha)
AbstractThe article is devoted to quantitative characteristics of assortative mating ( R ) as indicator of “reinforcement” in 12 hybrid zones between...
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Influence of the mating design on the additive genetic variance in plant breeding populations
Key messageMating designs determine the realized additive genetic variance in a population sample. Deflated or inflated variances can lead to reduced...
