quiz 4

Question 1

what does environmental selection favor in animals

Answer 1

traits related to surviving, investing in reproduction, and successfully rearing offspring in an enviroment
ex: avoiding preditors, foraging success, disease resistance, physiological tolerance.

Question 2

what does sexual selection favor in animals?

Answer 2

traits that increase an individual’s mating success
ex: competing for a chance to mate, attracting member if the opposite sex, ect..

Question 3

definition of intrasexual selection

Answer 3

male-male competition
ex: removal of sperm/ increase sperm count/ mate gaurding/ apply anti-aphrodisiac pheromones after mating

Question 4

definition of intersexual selection

Answer 4

females choose males that have specific traits.

Question 5

characteristics of evolutionary game theory

Answer 5

1. strategies are heritable
2. payoffs relate to fitness
3. selection favors strategies associated with fitness