The consequences of heterogamy and homogamy on the similarity between spouses.
Humans in many societies are known to mate, or marry, assortatively for a number of characters such as eye colour, height, IQ and place of birth. In this assortment an element of active choice may be involved. It is not known whether this choice is genetic. Two models of human mate choice are examin...
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| description | Humans in many societies are known to mate, or marry, assortatively for a number of characters such as eye colour, height, IQ and place of birth. In this assortment an element of active choice may be involved. It is not known whether this choice is genetic. Two models of human mate choice are examined in which both males and females can express a mating preference. In the first, 'sexual' preferences can be expressed for any phenotype not necessarily one's own; in the second, preferences are only expressed for an individual's own phenotype. The results of the examination indicate how much active choice would be needed to account for the observed correlations between human mates, and suggest whether human mating preferences are more likely to be sexual or assorting. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:45016926-1a55-44d0-bba1-1f969b1efcc12022-03-26T15:05:10ZThe consequences of heterogamy and homogamy on the similarity between spouses.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:45016926-1a55-44d0-bba1-1f969b1efcc1EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1989Tomlinson, IHumans in many societies are known to mate, or marry, assortatively for a number of characters such as eye colour, height, IQ and place of birth. In this assortment an element of active choice may be involved. It is not known whether this choice is genetic. Two models of human mate choice are examined in which both males and females can express a mating preference. In the first, 'sexual' preferences can be expressed for any phenotype not necessarily one's own; in the second, preferences are only expressed for an individual's own phenotype. The results of the examination indicate how much active choice would be needed to account for the observed correlations between human mates, and suggest whether human mating preferences are more likely to be sexual or assorting. |
| spellingShingle | Tomlinson, I The consequences of heterogamy and homogamy on the similarity between spouses. |
| title | The consequences of heterogamy and homogamy on the similarity between spouses. |
| title_full | The consequences of heterogamy and homogamy on the similarity between spouses. |
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