Mate selection - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

BIO 182 Exam 2 Questions and Answers Already Passed 1. A snake with stripes would be more likely to survive by fleeing predators in a straight line. (T/F) True 2. Regardless of escape behavior, the color pattern of snakes will be influenced by directional selection. (T/F) True 3. Over many generations, the population of snakes should evolve toward striped snakes that flee by turning or checkered snakes that flee straight. (T/F) False 4. The strength of selection for a color patter...

Allopatry - Vicariance - Chance separation (earthquake, etc.) Allopatry- Dispersal - A population moves to a new habitat, colonizes it, and forms a new population Although both are possible, which of the following situations is more probable regarding the evolutionary history of a species (i or ii): i. Common characteristics are usually shared with other closely related organisms ii. Common traits evolved several times throughout history and have nothing to do with shared ancestry - i? Ap...

1# problem for predators - Starvation Active searching - (search and capture) Walking around until they pick up a trail of prey. Wolfs, wolf spiders, Tiger beetles. Adaptations for storing food - Enlarged salivary glands that make food sticky can stick to places. Nest early, Memory (a large hippocampus provides excellent spatial memory). Chickadee's hippocampus grows larger before winter. Adaptions of Brown Headed Cowbirds - Fast egg laying, 20-40 seconds compare to hour to not get caugh...

AQA A Level Psychology Relationships Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Outline what sexual selection is - Answer-Sexual Selection is the process of selecting the right mate through competing rivals and engaging in the right behaviours in order for successful conception and child rearing. The evolutionary explanations behind this preference is important as it gives us insight on who will be chosen and who will be excluded. Outline the two ways in which sexual selection operates - Answer...

ENWC Exam 1: Reading Questions with Verified Answers Ch 14- Define lifelong monogamy. Where individuals pair with a single mate for that breeding season and for all subsequent breeding seasons as long as both individuals are alive. Ch 14- Define serial monogamy. A specific case of monogamy in which individuals pair with only a single mate during a breeding season but that mate changes per season. Ch 14- What are the costs and benefits of defending a territory? Costs are lost time, ...

Anthropology is the study of ________________. Human Beings What are the 4 sub fields of anthropology? - Cultural anthropology - Archaeology - Linguistic anthropology - Physical anthropology _________________ theory tries to explain human biology (anatomy, brains, psychology, behavior) through evolution and natural selection. Evolutionary Ex: the mating systems of primates determines their sexual dimorphism, group size, canine size, testes size, mate guarding behavior, etc.

"Salting out" - certain ions become too concentrated in soils and draw water out of roots by osmosis, causing plant death 2 types of lateral meristems: - Cork cambium vascular cambium 2 ways to increase allele diversity/allele frequency distribution: - 1.) gene flow 2.) mutation 3 Chordate Subphyla - Urochordata, Cephalochordata, and Vertebrata 3 criteria for designating species: Boys Make Pasta - biological, morphological, phylogenetic 4 key characteristics of chordates - 1.) notochor...

Psychology 101 Latest 2024 Rated A+ Biological Evolution Changes that take place in the genetic and physical characteristics of a population or group of people Adaptive Significance The effectiveness of behaviour in aiding organisms to adjust to changing environmental conditions ultimate causes Evolutionary conditions that have slowly shaped the behaviour of a species over generations Proximate causes immediate environmental events and conditions that affect behaviour Evolution...

UCONN BIOLOGY 1108 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+. 2 / 10 1. A scientific theory:: - Is built using inductive logic - Is 'unprovable but falsifiable' - Describes a lot with just a little (a model of few parts) - Makes predictions aboutfuture observations - Scientific Method (Lab this week!) 2. Genetic variation:: differences in DNA sequences 3. What can cause genetic variation?: A mutation... - Somatic - Germ-lineand they can be: - Deleterious - Neutral ...

HDFS 145 MSU Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Traditional Family - ANSWERShusband, wife, and children with typical gender roles Matriarchal Family - ANSWERSoldest woman is head of household Family Orientation - ANSWERSfamily you were born into and grew up with Family of Procreation - ANSWERSfamily by marriage/childbearing Family of Cohabitation - ANSWERSfamily formed when cohabiting Native American Families - ANSWERS-monogamy -small families -dependent on extended famil...