Under ________ individuals tend to mate with others of the same genotype. Under ________ individuals tend to mate with others of different genotypes.
A) natural selection; Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
B) directional selection; balancing selection
C) assortative mating; disassortative mating
D) outbreeding; inbreeding

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Assortative mating refers to individuals tending to mate with others that have similar traits or genotypes, while disassortative mating refers to individuals tending to mate with others that have different traits or genotypes. This is different from natural selection and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, which do not refer to mating patterns, and from directional selection and balancing selection, which refer to the types of selection pressures acting on a population. Outbreeding and inbreeding refer specifically to mating patterns involving close relatives, and are not as general as assortative mating and disassortative mating.

Under ________ Individuals Tend to Mate with Others of the Same