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Genetic Assortment

Genetic Assortment is a concept in population genetics referring to the nonrandom pairing of individuals with similar genotypes or phenotypes, thereby increasing the correlation between mates for genetically influenced traits and contributing to the deviation from random mating patterns in a population.

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2017–2026

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The Description of Genic Interactions in Continuous Variation

B I Hayman, Kenneth Mather · Biometrics · 1955 · 253 citations

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Measuring phenotypic assortment in animal social networks: weighted associations are more robust than binary edges

Damien R. Farine · Animal Behaviour · 2014 · 240 citations

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The effect of assortative mating on the genetic composition of a population

James F. Crow, Joseph Felsenstein · Eugenics Quarterly · 1968 · 224 citations

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A Mechanism for the Evolution of Altruism among Nonkin: Positive Assortment through Environmental Feedback

John W. Pepper, Barbara Smuts · The American Naturalist · 2002 · 178 citations

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Killing by Type VI secretion drives genetic phase separation and correlates with increased cooperation

Luke McNally, Eryn E. Bernardy, Jacob Thomas et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 175 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. TS
    Tad S. Sonstegard

    Agricultural Research Service, United States

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  2. MD
    Michael Doebeli

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  3. JW
    John W. Pepper

    Santa Fe Institute, United States

    2 publications · 241 citations

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  4. EH
    Eran Halperin

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  5. JB
    Jean Bousquet

    Inserm, France

    2 publications · 58 citations

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Institutions

265

  1. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    144 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    616 citations

  3. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    137 citations

  4. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    3 h-index

    16 publications

    556 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    432 citations

  6. National Cancer Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    416 citations

  7. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    220 citations

  8. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    137 citations

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Venues

  1. Genetics

    7 publications · 295 citations

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  2. Molecular Ecology

    6 publications · 303 citations

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  3. Scientific Reports

    5 publications · 92 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 120 citations

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