Reproduction Flashcards
1
Q
Reproductive Stages
A
- SOcial organization
- Mate selection
- Sexual Behavior
2
Q
Social Organization
A
- exclusion
- emigration
- dominance
- inhibition
3
Q
Mate Selection
A
- sexual dimorphism
- female choice
4
Q
Sexual Behavior
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- mating
- seaonsality
- puberty
- endocrinology (hormones, behavior)
5
Q
Birthing
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- oriented towards wet season
- seasonally polyestrous
6
Q
Lactational amenorrhea
A
- nursing completely
- no cycling
- natural postnatal infertility
7
Q
Ecological Zeitgehers
A
- mate during dry season and birth during wet season
- short day breeders and long day breeders
8
Q
when is testosterone highest?
A
-night time
9
Q
“fatted” condition
A
- testosterone levels are high
- squirrel monkeys
10
Q
scent marking
A
-males pee on own foot and throw over shoulder
11
Q
butt swelling
A
- baboons
- testosterone increase causes butt swelling
12
Q
Social cues - study
A
-female injected with estrogen before mating season, males begin to be primed to prep for mating season
13
Q
social cues
A
- hormones
- E and P (E=on; P=off)
- Menstrual synchrony
- ovariectomy - females become disinterested in sex
14
Q
sexual positions
A
-only bonobos have sex like humans
