Positive assortative mating in a population will:
A) produces more mutations each generation.
B) causes natural selection.
C) changes allele frequencies.
D) stabilizes genotype frequencies.
E) increases homozygosity.

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Positive assortative mating increases homozygosity because individuals with similar phenotypes are more likely to mate, leading to an increase in the frequency of homozygous genotypes.

Positive Assortative Mating in a Population Will