Assortative mating develops naturally if mate preferences and preferred mate traits are heritable A study in Australia ran a computer simulation that showed how assortative mating (the preference for romantic partners similar to oneself) arises spontaneously when heritable traits and heritable preferences...

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Super stoked to have been an author on this (now in-press) paper on couple matching criteria in the UKB. Led by the brilliant Kristen Kelly. If you ever get the chance to work with her, do it. Seriously. #assortativemating #UKB

Fun companion article forthcoming.

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Elon has found his favorite way to say, “I wanna bang all the women.” #AssortativeMating