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    Waiting To Mate

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    low-investment child rearing‚ an early age of sexualization‚ and no presence of loyalty to a group (Anonymous Conservative‚ 2012‚ p. 23). Rabbits are a perfect example of an r-selected species. They are not competitive and flee from threats. They mate frequently and promiscuously‚ leaving the mother to care for their offspring alone (Anonymous Conservative‚ 2012‚ pg.

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    Sexual selection was an idea proposed by Darwin and refers to the process in which males and females attempt to maximize their chances of reproductive success. Within a species there are certain characteristics that make individuals attractive to potential mates. An example of this is in peacocks‚ female peacocks are attracted to males with long brightly colored tails‚ even though this makes them easier to be spotted by predators. This characteristic then evolves within the species due to how males

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    Abstract: Having study natural selection and artificial selection we wanted to select for a trait on the plant Brassica rapa. We hypothesized that the leaf density is heritable and veritable. After our experiment we were able to conclude that our hypothesis was refuted because our average leaf density in our daughter population increased. Introduction: We are artificially selecting for a trait in the plant Brassica rapa. ( Wisconsin Fast Plant). Brassica rapa has been artificially selected

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    Factors in Choosing A Mate Name Part I: Biographical Data 1. Age: 2. Sex: (male or female) 3. Religion: 4. Marital status (please circle): single dating engaged married divorced 5. Class or year: 6. Number of brothers: Number of sisters: Part II: Evaluative Section 1. At what age would you prefer to marry? 2. What age difference would you prefer between you and your spouse? years Whom would you prefer to be older (please circle): self spouse 3. Please

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    Rules of attraction: Biological and evolutionary reasons of mate choice ABSTRACT Within the past decade we have witnessed a series of new developments and an enormously growing interest in the understanding of human behaviour‚ especially when it comes to the basic principles of human mate choice. Mate preference is something which is often considered a very individual choice and appears to be influenced by cultural and economic norms. However‚ on the basis of numerous research works‚ it is

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    FEMALE MATE CHOICE IN POECILIA RETICULATA Abstract: In this experiment we examined female mate preference in the Trinidad guppy‚ Poecilia reticulata. Female guppies prefer to mate with brightly colored males in numerous species. From the jealousy experiment‚ the modeled female is jealous with the other female which is in the same section with 2 different males. The modeled female significantly preferred the males with 1 female than 3 males in other section. Introduction: Intrasexual selection

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    Option 5 Describe the difference between Darwin’s theories of (a) natural selection and (b) sexual selection. - Natural Selection The theory that members of a species each have slight variations from each other‚ and that these variations have the ability to enable some members of a species a survival advantage in certain environments. As a result of having a variation that increases their likelihood to survive‚ they are allowed to propagate‚ and their offspring have an increased likelihood of

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    parents tend to promote free choice selection or arranged marriages? 2. Do you prefer to find a man that you think would be a good father? 3. Do you tend to choose woman based on the fact that she could bear a healthy child? 4. Is it attractive to find an intelligent man/woman? 5. When deciding on a man/women to date do you tend to be attracted to a person with similar social background? 6. Do you tend to have an image of an ideal mate formed in your head? 7. Do

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    Here we have some highlights of how the natural selection works and some of the evolutionary forces that drive evolution: The natural selection operates in base of the difference between de reproductive successes of the individuals. The genes of the most successful individuals (the ones that reproduces more) appears more in the next generation. If an individual cannot survive it will not be able to reproduce. Because of that natural selection is NOT RANDOM and can act really quickly. (Charlat et

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    Mate Selection When I am choosing a mate‚ I try to be as realistic as possible. I want a mate who is funny‚ family oriented‚ good at communicating‚ has some college education‚ driven and older than me. I don’t think that my expectations are overly complicated‚ I believe they are simple. I do meet most of my criteria but I believe that there is always room for improvement. I am currently working on being a better communicator. Communication is something that I have struggled with for various reasons

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