NUPTIAL GIFTS

Question 1

Sperm Storage Mediated by Cryptic Female Choice for Nuptial Gifts: Author?

Answer 1

Albo et al 2013

Question 2

What is cryptic female choice?

Answer 2

Sexual selection during mating

Question 3

What do good gifts from a male signal ?

Answer 3

Honest signal of males quality

Question 4

What was the outcome of the experiement ?

Answer 4

Females stored more sperm of males that gave gifts and spent longer mating with gift givers

Question 5

How did experimentally shortening gift givers mating effect liklihood of female storing sperm?

Answer 5

Females still stored more sperm of the gift givers

Question 6

How does gift giving effect the length of copulations

Answer 6

increased length of copulations from 10mins to 100mins

Question 7

How was hacthing success influenced by gift giving?

Answer 7

Egg-hatching was significantly higher in gift givers and positively correlated with number of sperm stored

Question 8

What is Fisherians benefits?

Answer 8

‘Sexy sons’
Mate with successful males to have successful male offspring that go onto mate successfully