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Mating Systems Flashcards

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Intrasexual selection

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competition between members of a particular sex that takes before mating, winner gets to mate

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Sperm-competition

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Females store sperm from several matings

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Sexual Dichromatism

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differences of coloration between males and females

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Promiscuity

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mating with many

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polygany

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one mates with many

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Monogamy

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male mates with female; one for life

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polyandry

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1 female, many males

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Polygyny Threshold Model

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Assumption that polygyny is costly to females due to compensation gaining territory by males

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Inclusive fitness

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how likely your genes will get passed onto the next generations

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Kin Selction

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decision to aid relatives is a function of how high the cost and benefits are with the action it turns out to be

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Relatedness

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probability that individuals share alleles that they inherited from a common ancestor

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