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Permalink Submitted by Marianne on March 15, 2017

Yes, we mentioned this in the article (below the second graph illustrating the 37% rule). You can se emore of the maths in this article: https://plus.maths.org/content/kissing-frog-mathematicians-guide-mating-0

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