Imagine that you had two populations of red-tailed hawks-one with long tail feathers, the other with short tail feathers. Mating discrimination in this species could entail either hawks with long tail feathers preferentially mating with other hawks that have long tail feathers, or hawks with short tail feathers preferentially mating with other hawks that have short tail feathers.

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Mating discrimination in this species could involve either positive assortative mating (individuals with similar traits are more likely to mate with each other) or negative assortative mating (individuals with dissimilar traits are more likely to mate with each other). In this case, positive assortative mating would mean hawks with long tail feathers preferentially mating with other hawks that have long tail feathers.

Imagine That You Had Two Populations of Red-Tailed Hawks-One with Long