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Interplay between fecundity, sexual and growth selection on the spring phenology of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.).

Peer Community Journal
Background: Plant phenological traits such as the timing of budburst or flowering can evolve on ecological timescales through response to fecundity and viability selection.
Oddou-Muratorio, Sylvie, Bontemps, Aurore, Gauzere, Julie, Klein, Etienne K   +3 more
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Modeling assortative mating and genetic similarities between partners, siblings, and in-laws

Nature Communications, 2022
Assortative mating could violate the assumption of random mating used in many genetic studies. Here, the authors study more than 25,000 Norwegian families to find genetic similarity between partners, siblings, and in-laws in genetic factors related to ...
Fartein Ask Torvik, Espen Moen Eilertsen, Laurie J. Hannigan, Rosa Cheesman, Laurence J. Howe, Per Magnus, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ole A. Andreassen, Pål R. Njølstad, Alexandra Havdahl, Eivind Ystrom   +10 more
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Assortative mating and differential male mating success in an ash hybrid zone population

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2006
Background The structure and evolution of hybrid zones depend mainly on the relative importance of dispersal and local adaptation, and on the strength of assortative mating.
Frascaria-Lacoste Nathalie, Fernández-Manjarrés Juan F, Austerlitz Frédéric, Klein Etienne K, Gérard Pierre R   +4 more
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Correction: assortative mating in fallow deer reduces the strength of sexual selection. [PDF]

, 2011
PMCID: PMC3182158 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited ...
Briefer, E, Tom Hayden, Farrell, ME, Elodie Briefer, Alan G. McElligott, Mary E. Farrell, Hayden, T, McElligott, AG   +7 more
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Narcissism Guides Mate Selection: Humans Mate Assortatively, as Revealed by Facial Resemblance, following an Algorithm of “Self Seeking Like”

Evolutionary Psychology, 2004
Theoretical studies suggest that mating and pair formation is not likely to be random. Computer simulations suggested that sex among genetically complex organisms requires mate choice strategies for its evolutionary maintenance, to reduce excessive ...
Liliana Alvarez, Klaus Jaffe
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Assortative mating and gene flow generate clinal phenological variation in trees

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2012
Background On-going climate change is shifting the timing of bud burst (TBB) of broad leaf and conifer trees in temperate areas, raising concerns about the abilities of natural populations to respond to these shifts.
Soularue Jean-Paul, Kremer Antoine
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Assortative mating in birds.

, 2019
(A) The magnitude of assortative mating for various traits based on a meta-analysis of the published literature. The data comprise both the “Web of Science search” and the “Cited studies” (see Methods).
Mihai Valcu (567910), Patrik Karell (4244767), Niels J. Dingemanse (3251655), Bart Kempenaers (310480), Martin Bulla (3269055), Lynna Marie Kiere (3240765), Daiping Wang (3773872), Renée A. Duckworth (6388124), Wolfgang Forstmeier (79501), Tomáš Albrecht (177989), Christiaan Both (353953)   +10 more
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The relationship between intraspecific assortative mating and reproductive isolation between divergent populations

Current Zoology, 2012
The term 'assortative mating' has been applied to describe two very different phenomena: (1) the tendency for individuals to choose phenotypically similar mates from among conspecifics; or (2) the tendency to prefer conspecific over hete- rospecific ...
Daniel I. BOLNICK, Mark KIRKPATRICK
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Color polymorphism and mating trends in a population of the alpine leaf beetle Oreina gloriosa.

PLoS ONE
The bright colors of Alpine leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) are thought to act as aposematic signals against predation. Within the European Alps, at least six species display a basal color of either blue or green, likely configuring a classic ...
Angela Roggero, Daniele Alù, Alex Laini, Antonio Rolando, Claudia Palestrini   +4 more
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Assortative mating and Turkish marriage market [PDF]

The degree of assortative mating shows the degree of similarity within couples. Many papers try to calculate earnings correlations between husbands and wives.
Mercan, Murat A.
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