Assortative mating


Assortative mating also quoted to as positive assortative mating or homogamy is a mating pattern as well as a take believe of sexual selection in which individuals with similar phenotypes or genotypes mate with one another more frequently than would be expected under the random mating pattern. A majority of the phenotypes that are refers to assortative mating are body size, visual signals e.g. color, pattern, & sexually selected traits such(a) as crest size. The opposite of assortative is disassortative mating.

Economics


A related concept of 'assortative matching' has been developed within economics. This relates to efficiencies in production available if workers are evenly matched in their skills or productivity. A consideration of this assortative matching forms the basis of Kremer's 1993 O-ring image of economic development.