The mechanism of assortative mating for educational attainment: a study of Finnish and Dutch twins and their spouses
Introduction: Assortative mating refers describes a phenomenon in which individuals with similar phenotypic traits are more likely to mate and reproduce with each other; i.e. assortative mating occurs when individuals choose partners based on their similarity or dissimilarity in certain traits.to pa...
Main Authors: | Bodine M. A. Gonggrijp, Karri Silventoinen, Conor V. Dolan, Dorret I. Boomsma, Jaakko Kaprio, Gonneke Willemsen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.1150697/full |
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