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Lecture 11 mating
problems of mating
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| significant costs of sex | courting, energy, sacrifice 1/2 genes, deseases |
| sex benefits | adds variability to alleles |
| female parental investment: mammals | gestation, lactation, most of rearing |
| differential sex investment | females choosier about mates (require greater benefits to mate) |
| females more productive resourse | males more competitive (costs of competition are compensated by greater benefits) |
| female more productive exceptions | morman crickets: male provides spermatiform->females more competitive; sea horses gestate in male pouch: females more colorful |
| necrophilia | mating disorder |
| Mate preference dimensions | physical, psychological, social (riches, status) |
| Mate preferences as EPMs | perceiving fertility, resource potential |
| mate opportunies don't always fit | preferences |
| pickiness | selected against |
| mating EPMs | interactive and sensitive to context |
| reproduction | central driver of evolutions |