Thus, the bias toward matings with optimally sized cells is due to either a competitive mating advantage of more viable cells or a preference for more viable partners, or both.
Several possible explanations include (1) a female preference for more viable males, which, because of their higher survival probability, will be overrepresented among older males, (2) an increase in male EPC success with experience and (3) a female preference for more familiar males, which would favour older males.
He did not originally consider football as a viable profession, eventually choosing accountancy in preference to the civil service and church.
"In this market, it just isn't economically viable," he said, explaining Kyo-ya's preference for condominiums it can sell.
Matchmaking websites pair people based on likes, dislikes, preferences, personal beliefs, and other viable criteria.
The waste byproducts from the indium-consuming fabrication processes are considered as the viable resource for indium due to the unique preference to the element in designing optoelectronic devices.
Racial preference policies are no longer a viable solution for addressing disparities in a nation as ethnically diverse as ours.
But aesthetic preferences are less important than creating viable homes for working people.
"When there are natural ways of landscaping available, they should be looked at and preference given to those where they are viable," he added.
Our favored interpretation is that of a focal cell choosing between potential partners, which are signaling for the focal cell's attention, in which case the mating advantage of more viable cells could be considered a measure of "mate preference".
