Meanings
nounassortation (countable and uncountable, plural assortations)
plural assortations
- countableuncountableThe act of assorting
Contemporary evolutionary ecology identified several factors that increase inclusive fitness, in addition to kin-selection, such as assortation or homophily, and social synergies triggered by cooperation.
2015, Klaus Jaffe, “Extended Inclusive Fitness Theory bridges Economics and Biology through a common understanding of Social Synergy”, in arXiv
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