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Assortative Mating Is a Natural Consequence of Heritable Variation in Preferences and Preferred Traits.

Psychological science - 1 Oct 2025

Harper Kaitlyn T, Zietsch Brendan P

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Assortative mating-the tendency to choose partners similar to oneself-is a ubiquitous phenomenon in mate choice. Despite numerous proposed explanations, a parsimonious mechanism has been overlooked: When individuals choose mates on the basis of heritable traits and preferences, offspring inherit a trait and the corresponding preference from each parent, creating genetic correlations that link having a trait to...

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PMID: 40906709
DOI: 10.1177/09567976251365900
PMCID: PMC13428944

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