Mating Systems

Question 1

What are the 4 mating systems?

Answer 1

Polygamy
Monogamy
Non- associative
Courtship

Question 2

What is polygamy?

Answer 2

Is typical of one- male multi female groups and can be found in species like: gorilla, spotted hyena, red deer.

Question 3

What is monogamy?

Answer 3

Is a pair bond between two adult animals of the same species- typically of the opposite sex.
- may cohabitate in an area or territory for some duration of time, and in some cases may copulate and reproduce with only each other.
- may be short term, lasting one to a few seasons or long term, lasting many seasons and lifelong.
2 categories:
Social and genetic monogamy.

Question 4

What is non- associative?

Answer 4

Also known as dissociative mating, negative assortative mating or heterogamy, is a mating pattern in which individuals which dissimilar phenotypes mate with one another more frequently than would be expected under random mating.

Question 5

What is courtship?

Answer 5

Behaviour that results in mating and eventual reproduction. Courtship may involve a small number of chemical, visual or auditory stimuli; or it may be highly complex series of acts by two or more individuals, using several modes of communication.