After double fertilization…
Male mosquitoes compete with each other for access to female…
Male mosquitoes compete with each other for access to females, but not by direct physical interference. What specialized apparatus do they use to outcompete each other?
Extravagant mating features like the cumbersome tail of the…
Extravagant mating features like the cumbersome tail of the male Indian peafowl were initially offered as evidence against evolution by natural selection because people argued that such features
Which of the following statements about red deer is true?
Which of the following statements about red deer is true?
Although there are exceptions, what can you generally assume…
Although there are exceptions, what can you generally assume about organisms that each year grow, and then shed, things like antlers, bright colors, and long tails?
Which sexual selection model involves the development of an…
Which sexual selection model involves the development of an increasingly strong preference among “choosing females” for mates with a particular trait, while that preferred trait in males becomes more prominent over evolutionary time?
Species in which sperm from the same male join together in t…
Species in which sperm from the same male join together in the female reproductive tract and swim as an aggregation tend to be which kind of species?
A conspecific is a member of
A conspecific is a member of
The genetic advantage to females in mating non-monogamously…
The genetic advantage to females in mating non-monogamously because her offspring will have appropriate alleles, given her own sets of alleles, is known as the
The argument that mutations can accumulate in asexual popula…
The argument that mutations can accumulate in asexual populations but can be more effectively removed in sexual populations is known as