Optimization of a crossing system using mate selection

Mate Selection Criteria among Single Female Teachers: A Qualitative Study

This research set out to find out the mate selection criteria among single female teachers. This qualitative study was carried out via thematic analysis approach. Using purposive sampling method, 15 single female teachers aged 18 to 30 years old were identified in Tehran and fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and then were analyzed using...

Mate selection-a selection for a handicap.

It is suggested that characters which develop through mate preference confer handicaps on the selected individuals in their survival. These handicaps are of use to the selecting sex since they test the quality of the mate. The size of characters selected in this way serve as marks of quality. The understanding that a handicap, which tests for quality, can evolve as a consequence of its advantag...

Information System Control Selection Using Spreadsheet Optimization

Mate Selection

Selection leads to genetic improvement but also reduces genetic variation in the progeny. When all animals in a population are closely related there is little genetic variation and little scope for further genetic progress. Mate selection procedures are used to help maintain genetic variation, and hence genetic progress, in the future and to avoid the fitness problems related to severe inbreeding.

Discovery of Mate Selection Attitudes of Single Girls: A Qualitative Study

Purpose: Mate selection and having a happy and successful marriage is one of the most important issues in the lives of many. One of the issues that affects the success rate of mate selection is the attitude toward this choice. The purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes of mate selection of single Iranian girls. Methods: This study was carried out with qualitative method, using thema...