Mate preferences in humans refers to why one human chooses or chooses not to mate with another human and their reasoning why (see: Evolutionary Psychology...

Disassortative mating (also known as negative assortative mating or heterogamy) is a mating pattern in which individuals with dissimilar phenotypes mate with one...

copulating with females. The variation in mating success is quite large in lek mating systems with 70–80% of matings being attributed to only 10–20% of the...

animals in mating behavior, as in the case of animal sexual behavior in general and assortative mating in particular. Research on human mating strategies...

that the preference for a trait evolves in a non-mating context and is then exploited by the less choosy sex in order to obtain more mating opportunities...

parasite stress. While there are a few common mating systems seen among humans, the amount of variation in mating strategies is relatively large. This is due...

different species interactions affecting mating traits in each population); (4) mating traits (signal and/or preference) differ among populations due to differences...

Maner, Jon K. (2011). "Ovulation as a male mating prime: Subtle signs of women's fertility influence men's mating cognition and behavior". Journal of Personality...

Differences in age preferences for mates can stem from partner availability, gender roles, and evolutionary mating strategies, and age preferences in sexual partners...

Assortative mating (also referred to as positive assortative mating or homogamy) is a mating pattern and a form of sexual selection in which individuals...