Panmixia postponed: Ancestry-related assortative mating in contemporary human populations

Andrew S. Burrell; Todd R. Disotell

doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-11-245

Panmixia postponed: Ancestry-related assortative mating in contemporary human populations

Andrew S. Burrell, Todd R. Disotell

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Abstract

A study of two different populations reveals that in both the choice of a spouse is non-random not only in respect of broad ethnic group but also in regard to specific ancestries within that group. The cause of this surprising bias remains unclear.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	245
Journal	Genome biology
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2009-10-11-245
State	Published - Nov 27 2009

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Cell Biology

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