Abedus herberti (Giant water bug) only males carry the developing eggs on their backs until they hatch. The eggs are heavy and make males conspicuous to predators. The males have limited space on their backs and typically mate with larger females (no other traits are selected for). Larger females mate with more males due to larger females defending larger territories than smaller females. Answer the following and justify your answer for each. a. Sexual selection acting more strongly on males or females? b. Is the choosy sex males or females? c. Is the competative sex males or females?

Q: About 7% of men in a population are red-green colour blind due to a sex-linked recessive gene.…

A: Color blindness is defined as the inability of the person to distinguish between colors, especially…

Q: Apopulation is expenencing only selection Alele A1 is favored by selection and starts at a frequency…

A: Natural Selection: It is a naturally occurring process that eventually causes evolution by selecting…

Q: Predict the possible genotypes and phenotypes (ratios) of the offspring if the following individuals…

A: There are mostly four types of inheritance pattern followed by any Pedigree such as autosomal…

Q: When fitness is lower at both extremes of phenotypic variation for a trait (e.g., the very largest…

A: When fitness is lower at both extremes of phenotypic variation for a trait (e.g., the very largest…

Q: BS Haldane (allegedly) once said, “I would lay down my life for two brothers or eight cousins.”…

A: The probability of both life and death is complex and depends on various factors like health, the…

Q: Female Flerkens preferentially mate with the males who have large mouth tentacles. Mouth tentacle…

A: The gradual modification of a species' traits over time is referred to as evolution. In evolution,…

Q: The frequency of an autosomal recessive condition is 0.001 (1 in 1000) in a population. Assuming…

A: Hardy Weinberg’s principle is the mathematical representation of population analysis which…

Q: What are the allele frequencies for the gene that controls coat color in Rhosgobel rabbits?

A: Allele frequency of an allele is the proportion of a specific allele within a population. It is…

Q: Question 11 Consider a locus with two alleles, A and a, in each of two random-mating populations of…

A: Here I will provide you information according to question i.e. what will be the allele frequency in…

Q: The graphs to the left and right respectively refer to before and after selection. Which type of…

A: Introduction: Ecological selection is the natural selection of species that are more adapted to the…

Q: Estimated effect size intercept) (relative to model Male reproductive success (adults) 0.3- 0- -0.3-…

A: We are given images of males with big and small horns on different measuring scales. We need to…

Q: Consider a locus with two alleles and fitnesses WAA = 1, WAB = 1, WBB = 1. The initial %3D frequency…

A: How can an allele be fixed in a population.

Q: u are examining a scorpion population within the Las Vegas area. Your field team is able to capture…

A: The Hardy-Weinberg is a principle stating that the genetic variation in a population will remain…

Q: The graph below is a computer simulation run on the same population of 2,000 flies looking at the…

A: Natural selection is an important evolutionary process in which species seek to adapt to evolving…

Q: Following up on Question 6, assuming random mating, what would be the percentage of long-horned baby…

A: In genetics the genes are basically the hereditary units of life. The genes contains certain…

Q: In snowpeople, broomstick arms are dominant to twig arms and carrot nose is dominant to button nose.…

A: The study of inheritance of one character at a time is known as monohybrid cross.  The monohybrid…

Q: Imagine a gene (locus) with four different alleles (alleles are variants of a gene) for fur colour,…

A: Given that there are four alleles for a single gene - Fa, Fb, Fc, and Fd. Each individual has two…

Q: 11. During his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, Darwin noticed that the finches found on the different…

A: Introduction  Natural selection is the adaptation and modification of populations of living…

Q: To determine which characteristic females are using to select mates, first remind yourself of the…

A: Zahavi's handicap principle was given by Amotz Zahavi in order to explain the role of sexual…

Q: QUESTION 21 Suppose that in a population the frequency of a particular recessive condition is 1/400.…

A: According to Hardy Weinberg's equilibrium p2 + q2 + 2pq=1 and p + q= 1 Where, p= frequency of the…

Q: Earl has normal color vision, while his wife Erma is colorblind. . Colorblindness is an X- linked…

A: Inheritance pattern is a type of pattern which determines how traits are passed on from parental…

Q: The population of chipmunks in the valley contains 240 individuals. When genotyped for the Alu gene…

A: A. Before migration the population of chipmunk in the valley was 240 and the frequency of the Alu 1…

Q: Question 6 Listen In cats, Short Hair (S) is dominant to long hair, Black fur (C) is dominant to…

A: The objective of this question is to determine the probability of a specific phenotype in the…

Q: Developmental Systems Theory (DST) views evolutionary change as all of the following

A: Developmental Systems Theory (DST) is a theoretical framework in biology that emphasizes the…

Q: Two genes affect nest-building behavior in a rodent, but a dihybrid cross (SsBb x SsBb) produces…

A: Epistatic interaction is a phenomenon in which in which effect of a gene is overpowered by other…

Q: Male California sea lion mating success is determined by the number of mates they can acquire.…

A: The maintenance of territory is very much important in case of increasing their fitness in most of…

Q: Which is not a valid hypothesis to explain why male animals participate in monogamy males increase…

A: Monogamy is a situation in which one male partner mates with another female partner rather than…

Q: In penguins, both parents offer care for their young. Which of the following is UNLIKELY an…

A: In polygynous mating, males typically exhibit traits or behaviors that help them gain access to and…

Q: Identify whether each of the following scenarios is an example of intersexual or intrasexual…

A: In animal kingdom, female and male both choose their partner based upon specific characteristics…

Q: Question 3 A species of hummingbird feeds on nectar of a particular plant whose flowers form a long,…

A: Hi! Thanks for your question. As you have posted multiple questions and have not mentioned which one…

Q: Of the following groups, which would collectively share the most alleles? one niece, two first…

A: Allele sharing: The most number of alleles are shared by most related individuals. an allele is a…

Q: When thinking about changes in allele frequencies over time, why do you care more about the…

A: Effective population size (Ne) : To identify the number of gametes that contribute to the next…

Q: 1. What kind of mating system would you predict for this group of spiders? 2. Under what…

A: Mating in living beings is part of sexual reproduction. It is of two main types which are random and…

Q: Question 6 The matrix below provides information about each candy 'species.' Each column represents…

A: From abiotic molecules the life forms have originated. Rather than origination, the apt term should…

Q: I have provided everything needed please help me out

A: Given that, the dominant T allele is responsible for taste of phenylthiocarbamide. Let us consider,…

Q: Question 12 What is the allele frequency of the A allele in a population with 15 AA homozygotes, 10

A: The Hardy-Weinberg principle (or Equation) states: - 1 = p + q where p denotes A's allele frequency…

Q: Question 5 Listen In cats, Short Hair (S) is dominant to long hair, Black fur (C) is dominant to…

A: The objective of this question is to determine the probability of a specific genetic outcome based…

Q: 2. In a similar population of 1000 bison (but one with different allele frequencies than the one in…

A: Note - Since you have asked multiple questions, we will solve the first question for you. If you…

Q: Assume the allele P¹ has a population-wide frequency of 0.001. What are the chances that a person…

A: The random mating is present in the population. This suggests that population is in Hardy Weinberg…

Animal Behavior

Animal behavior can be defined as all the things that animals do. In response to a stimulus, an animal performs a certain fixed action pattern, or FAP, of behavior. This response occurs to make the animal more adaptable to change. So, behavior is generally a stimulus-oriented response. A behavior is an expression of the capabilities of the nervous system. A stimulus is determined by the environment, while the nervous system determines a response.