What are indirect fitness benefits of siblicide? When would an individual gain more from siblicide than from inclusive fitness benefits? When might it be worth it for a subordinate to fight to the death with its dominant sibling?

Q: The brightness of color in male Blue-footed boobies correlates with higher mating success. Why is…

A: Blue footed boobie is a bird which is found to the tropical and subtropical regions of the pacific…

Q: na species that has a monogamous mating system, which situations is most likely regarding the…

A: In polygynous mating pairs, a single male would have many female mating pairs. In this type of…

Q: Male cockroaches use their sense of smell to find food but also to detect receptive females. Discuss…

A: Anatomy:Antennae: possess specialized hair-like structures known as sensilla, which detect both food…

Q: 19.  In this question and the next, pretend you are studying mating behaviors in a variety of…

A: A chamber with a previous sexual partner = Partner chamber A chamber with no other animal = Neutral…

Q: Why is flexibility the most neglected component of health-related fitness?

A: The bulk of citizens, even those who place a high priority on other aspects of fitness, prefer to…

Q: Would you expect environmental conditions to influence syngamy? Design two experiments to…

A: Fertilization is the fusion of the male and female gametes to produce a zygote. The pollen grain…

Q: Consider a species in which females are more likely to breed and have successful offspring than…

A: As we know animal breeding is a type of selective breeding of domestic animals whose goal is to…

Q: In snouters, mucus color to catch prey shows incomplete dominance. Red mucus color is dominant to…

A: Incomplete dominance occurs when a dominant allele, or type of a gene, does not fully overshadow the…

Q: some cases, males or females do care for young of their own species that are not their own, as when…

A: There may be reason that adoptions fostering helped these females reproduce later on as Regular…

Q: do females have a greater disadvantage compared to males concerning sexual reproduction? How has…

A: Reproduction: Reproduction is the proecss by which new organisms are produced. It can be achieved by…

Q: When Charles Darwin discovered the various finch species on the Galápagos islands, he was surprised…

A: Charles Robert Darwin, an English naturalist proposed the "Theory of Natural Selection" by providing…

Q: What are trait mediated indirect interactions explain ?

A: Predation Predation is a type of biological interaction among species where one species dominates…

Q: How might the following findings be understood in terms of the adaptive value of female mate…

A: This is a type of behavioural sexual selection in which the behaviour or the characteristics shown…

Q: Based on the data shown in the graph, select the statements that describe what happens whenever one…

A: Often organisms reproduce to form their next generation. This reproduction depends on natural…

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Q: What benefits do males gain from participating in lek polygyny? O They are able to acquire…

A: Polygyny is considered to be the primary animal mating system, with one male fellow having more than…

Q: How does the optimization of fitness explain the results from experiments on central place foraging…

A: How wildlife responds to conflicting extrinsic and internal demands to enhance fitness is determined…

Q: Make guarding is a reproductive tactic that functions to directly:  A. Increase the number of males…

A: Mate guarding is a term used to describe male and female behaviours aimed at preserving reproductive…

Q: Explain primate relationships between the pattern of within-group and between-group competition,…

A: Numerous elements, including the dynamics of intra- and inter-group rivalry, influence primate…

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: Why might medium ground finch population responses to short-term episodic increases in rainfall…

A: Darwin's finches are small land birds named after Charles Darwin.

Q: Consider the graph below. Illustrated is the proportion of attacks on four different colored insects…

A: Fitness can be defined in term of survival rate.Individuals which have higher survival ability and…

Q: Which of the following is an example of a question about mechanism (not function)? A. What stimuli…

A: Mechanism  The steps of a process which outcomes leads to a function.

Q: n a particular bird species who live socially, we sometimes see an individual in the social group…

A: Altruistic behavior is normal all through the collection of animals, especially in species with…

Q: What sorts of studies would we undertake in order to confirm that human mating behaviors are truly…

A: It is an inherent trait of human nature and may be related to sexual impulses. The process of mating…

Q: What is purposeful control over mating by choice of parents for the next generation?

A: The genotype of an organism is inherited by an individual from the parents. The phenotypic traits…

Q: Define selection and relate this to relative reproductive success?

A: Reproductive success is defined as the passing of genes onto the next generation in a way that they…

Q: Explain how sexual selection might lead to a)sexual dimorphism and b) members of one sex (usually…

A: (a) Sexual selection leads to sexual dimorphism as males of a species make extreme efforts to…

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: in sexual selection  I need an explanation of why one sex is more choosy than the other

A: Sexual selection is a process of natural selection where one sex of the species chooses members of…

Q: How does reciprocal altruism contrast with kin selection as an expla-nation of apparently altruistic…

A: Altruism: It is helping behavior which is existing due to members of social groups. This kind of…

Q: 7. The benefit of fighting for a territory is 12 reproductive units, and the cost is 8 reproductive…

A: The Hawk and Dove game theory is a model of conflict where two players are present and outcome is…

Q: How does sexual selection benefit the choices of mating between men and women?

A: Sexual selection is a type of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose…

Q: kin selection theory or altruism

A: Organisms in the ecosystem are interdependent on each other in one way or another. Some organisms in…

Q: Describe how courtship behavior drives sexual selection. Use the peacock as an example.

A: To understand the role of courtship behavior in sexual selection, it is important to understand the…

Q: Why is inbreeding necessary in animal husbandary?

A: Animal husbandry is the process of the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. A…

Q: Is epinegetics able to answer for the nature versus nurture debate? Yes or no and why is that so?

A: Nature vs nurture debate is one of the oldest physiological debate within psychology. Here, nature…

Q: What are the management restriction (i.e., lights, and Molting) needed with breeder birds during…

A: Breeder birds are raised specifically for egg and meat production. Produced by fast-growing breeds…

Q: Out of the three patterns, disruptive, directional, and stabilizing, which pattern of natrual…

A: According to the theory of natural selection, organisms acquire changes during their lifetime and…

Violence

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