Attractive Characteristics Evolve Through Sexual Selection Flashcards

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What is natural selection?

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the process where characteristics that make an individual more likely to reproduce and pass on their genes

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who came up with natural selection

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Charles Darwin

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Name one of the processes of natural selection

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Sexual selection

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Within a species there are certain…

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characteristics that make an individual more likely to find a partner

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What kind of characteristics do people look for?

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Being physically attractive and fertility

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What do these characteristics do for the individual?

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It gives them a reproductive advantage

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Because of this advantage, what happens to these characteristics?

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the genes become more prominent through generations

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How many types of sexual selection are there?

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two

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what are the types of sexual selection?

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Intra-sexual selection

Inter-sexual selection

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Intra-sexual selection

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takes place when males compete (often aggressively) and the winner is rewarded with the female

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Inter-sexual selection

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takes place when males compete for the attention of a female

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What is the female’s role in intra-sexual selection?

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the female is passive in this process

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What is the female’s role in inter-sexual selection?

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the female plays an active role, choosing her own mate

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