Lecture 9: Nonrandom Mating Flashcards

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DEF: In nature, mating may not be random with respect to any particular gene,
– violate the Hardy-Weinberg assumption

A

Nonrandom Mating

includes:
- Inbreeding
- Assortative mating
- Sexual Selection

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DEF: mating between relatives

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Inbreeding

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Inbreeding explained:

Relatives that inbreed are likely to share alleles they
inherited from their common ancestor
* The most extreme form of inbreeding is self-fertilization, or
selfing (or self-pollination in plants)
– Can occur when individuals have both male and female
reproductive organs
* Homozygous parents that self-fertilize produce all
homozygous offspring
* Heterozygous parents that self-fertilize produce
homozygous and heterozygous offspring in a 1:2:1 ratio

T or F

A

True

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Inbreeding Increases h______ and Decreases
______

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Homozygosity, Heterozygosity

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Inbreeding does not cause e_____,
– Increases homozygosity
– Allele frequencies do not change in the population as a whole
– Changes genotype frequencies

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Evolution

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Inbreeding can speed the r___ of evolutionary change by increasing the rate at which natural selection eliminates recessive d_____ alleles (i.e., that lower fitness) from a population

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Rate, deleterious

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Inbreeding d_____ is a decline in average
fitness that takes place when
– homozygosity i_______ and
– heterozygosity d______ in a population

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Depression, increases, decreases

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8
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Many recessive alleles represent loss-of-function
mutations
▪ Normally homozygous recessive individuals are rare in a population
▪ Most loss-of-function alleles exist in h______,
where they have little or no effect
▪ Inbreeding increases the frequency of h______
r_______ individuals
– Result: higher frequency of individuals expressing the mutation

A

Heterozygotes, Homozygous recessive

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9
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Many genes—especially those involved in fighting
disease are under intense selection for heterozygote
a_______.

  • If an individual is homozygous at these genes, fitness declines
A

Advantage

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10
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Inbred offspring are expected to have lower
fitness than outcrossed offspring.
* This prediction has been verified in many species
– Panther offspring had decreased fitness when both
parents were from Florida compared to those who had
one parent from Florida and one from Texas
– Among humans, children of first-cousin marriages have
higher mortality rate than those from marriages
between nonrelatives

T or F

A

True

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Another form of nonrandom mating is a_____ m_____.
- which is nonrandom with respect to specific traits

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Assortative Mating

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Positive assortment:
- Individuals tend to choose mates that s____ a particular phenotypic trait with them.

A

Share

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13
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Negative assortment:
- Individuals choose mates that d____ in a specific
phenotypic trait

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Differ

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Another form of nonrandom mating is s____ s_____.
- which occurs when individuals within a
population differ in their ability to attract mates

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Sexual Selection

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  • Sexual selection favours individuals with h_____ traits that enhance their ability to obtain mates.
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Heritable

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16
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Does sexual selection lead to
changes in allele frequencies in a population and
increases fitness?

17
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Darwin first recognized that selection based on
courtship success is a mechanism of evolutionary
change

Darwin was initially perplexed by traits that seemed
maladaptive, such as long iridescent tails of peacocks
– Seemed maladaptive to spend energy to produce a
structure that would increase vulnerability to predation
– Concluded that must be adaptive to help the peacock
attract mates, resulting in increased reproductive success

T or F

18
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Sexual selection can take the form of
– I_____ selection, or mate choice
– I_____ selection, where individuals compete to
obtain mates

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Intersexual, Intrasexual

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A. J. Bateman and Robert Trivers questioned why
extravagant traits were found in peacock males
but not females

The BATEMAN-TRIVERS hypothesis has an observed
pattern and a hypothesized process

T or F

20
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DEF: Traits that attract the opposite sex are more
elaborate in males

21
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DEF: Eggs are more energetically costly to create
than sperm

22
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The f_______ a______ of s__ results from
the fact that, in most species, females invest more
in their offspring than do males

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Fundamental asymmetry of sex

23
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Female fitness is limited by the ability to g____ r____ needed to produce more eggs and healthier offspring, so females produce relatively few offspring during lifetime

A

Gain resources

24
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Male fitness is limited by the n____ of f____ he can mate with, and he can mate frequently because sperm are so energetically inexpensive

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Number of females

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The Bateman–Trivers hypothesis of sexual selection predicts: - Females, but not males, should be choosy about mates since they invest a lot in each egg. The opposite should be true for males – Males will compete with each other for mates – Alleles that increase a male’s attractiveness or success in male–male competition should increase in population – Sexual selection should act more strongly on males than on females T or F
True
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In several bird species, females prefer to mate with healthy, well-fed males Three key observations led to these experiments: 1. Existence of colourful feathers or beaks is due to the presence of pigments called c_______ 2. Carotenoids protect tissues and help the immune system fight disease 3. Animals must eat plants in order to obtain carotenoids
Carotenoids
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The healthiest birds should thus have the most colourful beaks and feathers * Dull colouration occurs if birds must use their carotenoids to stimulate the immune system or if few carotenoids are available Assumption: Father’s ability to fight off disease and feed efficiently is due to his “good alleles” – Females that choose colourful males are more likely to have offspring with better disease-fighting and feeding abilities * Experiments with zebra finches support the hypothesis that females prefer colourful (healthy, well-fed) males T or F
True
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In many species, colourful markings and other types of courtship displays signal that males have good alleles. * These honest signals of male genetic quality can also – indicate males that care for young or – that provide the resources for females * Thus, females may choose males based on – Their physical characteristics that signal male genetic quality – Behavioural characteristics that indicate ability to provide parental care OR – Both of these T or F
True
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In other species, male–male competition is the primary cause of sexual selection instead of mate choice T or F
True
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Example: Sexual selection is intense in elephant seals and is driven by male–male competition – Males compete to defend the few beaches with gentle slopes that females can use to give birth T or F
True
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Male elephant seals establish t______, areas that they defend and can use exclusively * Males that win battles with other males monopolize matings with females in their territory – Fights are usually won by the larger male
Territories
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Male elephant seals are over four times larger than females – Dominant males father large number of offspring – Males that lose fights father few or no offspring ▪ Thus, alleles from large successful males will increase in frequency in the population ▪ If the ability to win fights and produce offspring is determined by body size, then alleles for large body size have a significant fitness advantage ▪ Therefore there is d_______ selection for large body size What type of selection?
Directional selection
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Scientists have followed elephant seals on one island to examine lifetime reproductive success * Sexual selection in male elephant seals is intense – A few males sire most offspring while most males father few or none ▪ thus, variation in reproductive success is high in m___ * F____ have lower variation in reproductive success than there is in males
Males, Females
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S____ selected traits often differ sharply between the sexes because – Most females get a mate, but many males do not – Thus, sexual selection is more intense in males than in females – Males tend to have more traits that function in courtship or competition for mates
Sexually
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DEF: refers to any trait that differs between males and females of the same species - Weaponry – Ornamentation and behaviour in courtship – Body size
Sexual dimorphism