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Assortative in a sentence

Assortative meaning

Characterized by assorting.

Using Assortative

  • The main meaning on this page is: Characterized by assorting.

Context around Assortative

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

groups 1×

Often after:

breeder 1× mixing 1× breeding 1× mating 1×

Sentence patterns with Assortative

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

eliminated through assortative breeding or 1× social groups assortative mixing 1× to the assortative breeder to 1× well as assortative mating each 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an important question 1× inbreeding is used 1× this led to 1×

Common sentence endings:

groups assortative mixing 1× mates like it 1× of one breeding 1× or through culling 1×

Words around Assortative

Just before it in the word index:

assort 9 assonance 3 assomption 4 assomo 3 assomada 4 assoicated 2

Just after it in the word index:

assorted 224 assorting 4 assortment 325 assortments 7 assos 2 assosa 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Assortative

  • In this selection, "assortative" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, groups, breeder, mixing and breeding stand out and add context to how "assortative" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include eliminated through assortative breeding or and social groups assortative mixing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "assortative" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with assortative

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Inbreeding is used to reveal deleterious recessive alleles, which can then be eliminated through assortative breeding or through culling. (19 words)

Again it is up to the assortative breeder to know what sort of traits, both positive and negative, exist within the diversity of one breeding. (25 words)

This led to disruptive selection —competition favoring fishes at either extreme of body size and mouth size over those nearer the mean, as well as assortative mating —each size preferred mates like it. (33 words)

Longer example sentences

An important question in the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections is whether or not these groups copulate mostly at random (with sexual partners from throughout a population) or within their social groups ( assortative mixing ). (34 words)

This led to disruptive selection —competition favoring fishes at either extreme of body size and mouth size over those nearer the mean, as well as assortative mating —each size preferred mates like it. (33 words)

Again it is up to the assortative breeder to know what sort of traits, both positive and negative, exist within the diversity of one breeding. (25 words)

Example sentences (4)

Again it is up to the assortative breeder to know what sort of traits, both positive and negative, exist within the diversity of one breeding.

An important question in the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections is whether or not these groups copulate mostly at random (with sexual partners from throughout a population) or within their social groups ( assortative mixing ).

Inbreeding is used to reveal deleterious recessive alleles, which can then be eliminated through assortative breeding or through culling.

This led to disruptive selection —competition favoring fishes at either extreme of body size and mouth size over those nearer the mean, as well as assortative mating —each size preferred mates like it.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "assortative" in a sentence?
An example: "Again it is up to the assortative breeder to know what sort of traits, both positive and negative, exist within the diversity of one breeding." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "assortative" from authentic English texts.
What does "assortative" mean?
Assortative means: Characterized by assorting.
How many example sentences with "assortative" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "assortative", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.