When nonrandom mating occurs in a population so that individuals prefer to mate with similar individuals, allele frequencies should
A) remain the same, but homozygotes will be overrepresented in the population.
B) remain the same, but heterozygotes will be overrepresented in the population.
C) change and heterozygotes will be overrepresented in the population.
D) change and homozygotes will be overrepresented in the population.
E) remain the same, at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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Nonrandom mating that favors similar individuals (assortative mating) does not change allele frequencies directly, but it increases the proportion of homozygotes because similar individuals are more likely to share the same alleles.

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