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SUBMITTER: Wang D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6400405 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Daiping D Forstmeier Wolfgang W Valcu Mihai M Dingemanse Niels J NJ Bulla Martin M Both Christiaan C Duckworth Renée A RA Kiere Lynna Marie LM Karell Patrik P Albrecht Tomáš T Kempenaers Bart B
PLoS biology 20190221 2
It is often claimed that pair bonds preferentially form between individuals that resemble one another. Such assortative mating appears to be widespread throughout the animal kingdom. Yet it is unclear whether the apparent ubiquity of assortative mating arises primarily from mate choice ("like attracts like"), which can be constrained by same-sex competition for mates; from spatial or temporal separation; or from observer, reporting, publication, or search bias. Here, based on a conventional lite ...[more]