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What is the primary reason environmental conditions can inhibit a male's contribution to subsequent populations?
What is the primary reason environmental conditions can inhibit a male's contribution to subsequent populations?
- Because the environment can kill its offspring (correct)
- Because the environment can alter mating preferences
- Because the environment reduces male aggression
- Because the environment affects male reproductive physiology
Do random effects have an effect on the males that produce the most offspring?
Do random effects have an effect on the males that produce the most offspring?
- Yes, it does
- No, it does not (correct)
- It depends on the specific random effects
- Random effects only affect female reproductive success
Why are external appearances sometimes not reliable for identifying a member of a species as male or female?
Why are external appearances sometimes not reliable for identifying a member of a species as male or female?
- Because sometimes males are not always the most colorful or biggest (correct)
- Because males and females of the species look identical
- Because external appearances change throughout the mating season
- Because external appearances do not accurately reflect reproductive success
What is the best way to identify males and females?
What is the best way to identify males and females?
What do females care the most about in males?
What do females care the most about in males?
What do males care about most in females?
What do males care about most in females?
What does intrasexual mean?
What does intrasexual mean?
What is intersexual competition?
What is intersexual competition?
Who typically invests more in raising offspring?
Who typically invests more in raising offspring?
What are the Bateman principles?
What are the Bateman principles?
What does a Bateman slope show?
What does a Bateman slope show?
What is sexual dimorphism?
What is sexual dimorphism?
Did the Byers J, and S. Dunn support Bateman's principles?
Did the Byers J, and S. Dunn support Bateman's principles?
What caused the variance in Bateman's slope between years?
What caused the variance in Bateman's slope between years?
Are sexual selection and natural selection independent processes?
Are sexual selection and natural selection independent processes?
