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ch.11: sexual consequences and outcomes Flashcards

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Cell Division

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asexual reproduction without meiosis or fusion of haploid gametes through fertilization
EX: bacteria

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Parthenogenesis

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mode of reproduction in which female sex cells undergo meiosis but are NOT fertilized by sperm (all female and each produce ONLY daughters)

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Hermaphrodites

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reproduction that produces female and male gametes
EX: flatworms

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Twofold cost of sex

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asexual lineages multiply faster than sexual lineages

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Mullers Ratchet

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the process by which the genomes of an asexual population acculmate deleterious mutations in an irreversible manner
*asexual
*has genetic hitchhiking

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Genetic Load

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the burden imposed by the accumulation of deleterious mutations

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Deleterious alleles become ____ in ____ populations but are purged from ____ populations.

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fixed
asexual
sexual

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Red Queen Effect

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for coevolving population, to maintain relative fitness, each population must constantly adapt to the other
EX: New Zealand Snails

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Anisogamy

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sexual reproduction involving the fusion of two dissimilar gametes

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Operational Sex Ratio (OSR)

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ratio of males to females capable of reproducing at a given time and slower rate of reproduction by females leads to male biased OSR

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Intrasexual

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within a sex
female vs. female
male vs. male

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Intersexual

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between sex
female vs. male

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Ornaments

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attractive traits that increase mating success

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Arnaments

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weaponry used to outcompete other individuals

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Direct choice

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benefit the female directly
EX: food, nest sites, protection

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Indirect benefits

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benefits that affect the genetic quality of the females offspring

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Female preferences are often _____.

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consistent (gets passed down to offspring)

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Sex Role Reversal

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females compete over access to
EX: wattled jacanas, sea horses, pipefish

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Fisher’s Principle: Frequency-dependent selection

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fitness is dependent on the frequency of a phenotype or genotype in a population

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Trivers-Willard Hypothesis (1973)

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proposed that natural selection could drive OSR away from 1:1 under certain conditions

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Males benefit when mother invests ____ in current offspring.

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more

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Females benefit by _____ for future offpsring.

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saving resources

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Senescence

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the deterioration in the biological functions of an organism as it ages

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Senescence results from a ____ of reproduction early in life verses body maintenance for longevity

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Disadvantages of Sex
1. Twofold Cost of Sex 2. Search Cost 3. Reduced Relatedness 4. Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Twofold Cost of Sex (dis)
asexual lineages grow more rapidly in each generation because all progeny can produce offspring
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Search Cost (dis)
Males and females must locate each other in order to mate *involves time, energy and risk of predation
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Reduced relatedness (dis)
sexually reproducing organisms pass only half of their alleles to their offspring
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Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections (dis)
mating between males and females provides an effective means of transmission for many pathogens
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Advantages of Sex
1. Combining Beneficial Mutations 2. Generation of Novel Genotypes 3. Faster Evolution 4. Clearance of Deleterious Mutations
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Combining Beneficial Mutations (adv)
sexual reproduction can bring separate beneficial mutations together in a single individual faster
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Generation of Novel Genotypes (adv)
through recombination, meiosis provides an opportunity for paired chromosomes to cross over which creates a unique combo of alleles
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Faster Evolution (adv)
offspring of sexual parents will be more genetically variable than offspring of asexual reproducing parents *can increase speed of evolutionary response to selection and is critical for maintaining resistance to parasites (red queen effect)
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Clearance of Deleterious Mutations (adv)
sexual populations can purge themselves of harmful mutation with genetic recombo & asexual populations steadily and irreversibly accumulate mutations until a lineage driven extinct (Muller's ratchet)
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What makes sex beneficial?
red queen effect
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How does anisogamy result?
differential investment in reproduction
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Females have ____ paternity. Males have _____ paternity.
certain uncertain
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What alters OSR?
asymmetrical parental care
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Why might female preferences arise?
may arise from preexisting sensory bias
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Monogamy
one male pairs with one female
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Sexual Monogamy
exclusive
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Social Monogamy
may cheat
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Polygyny
males mate with multiple females
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Polyandry
females mate with multiple males
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Polyandry ____ for male traits that ____ paternity rates.
selects, increase
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Sperm Competition
a form of sexual selection that arises after mating when males compete for fertilization of a females egg
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What does sperm competition do for evolution?
drives evolution of larger testes
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Sexual Conflict
traits that confer a fitness benefit on one sex but cost to the other **traits coevolve antagonistically
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Sexual conflict leads to ____ between males and females.
antagonistic coevolution
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How does anisogamy influence sexual selection?
females invest more into reproduction than males because female gametes are more costly to produce more than male gametes -males usually maximize fitness by mating with more females -female fitness is limited by fecundity = don't increase their fitness by mating with multiple males -females attract more mates is not necessarily favored
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How does OSR influence sexual selection?
-if ratio skewed it can intensify sexual selection -more male biased then males will experience intense competition for access to mates
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How does the opportunity for selection influence sexual selection?
-arises from variance in fitness in a population -stronger on males when there is more variance in male fitness
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Good Genes Hypothesis
the traits females choose when selecting a mate are honest indicators of the males ability to pass on genes that will increase the survival or reproductive of female offspring
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Sensory Bias Hypothesis
sexual selection of females mating preferences are by products of natural selection

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