disassortative mating

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   mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating

   Antonymsassortative mating

   Broadercoupling

Questions about disassortative mating

What does disassortative mating mean?

disassortative mating means "mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating".

What is the opposite of disassortative mating?

The recorded antonyms are assortative mating.

Is disassortative mating a common word?

disassortative mating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.