Define and Give an Example of Assortative Mating

question 23

Essay

Define and give an example of assortative mating. Will this affect genotype frequencies? If so, predict how genotype frequencies will be affected in a population if assortative mating persists.

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Definitions:

Correlation

An indicator that measures the degree to which multiple variables vary in unison.

Denseness

A measure of the compactness or crowding of objects within a given area or volume.

Slope

The measure of the steepness or inclination of a line, often describing the rate of change between two variables.

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical method that allows us to summarize and study relationships between two continuous (quantitative) variables.