... to ensure reproductive success and genetic diversity. Remarkably, they have evolved more than one system of mate choice, and components of the best studied are still being discovered. Knowledge of ...
... Male mollies are known to copy other males' mate choices, the researchers noted.
" I find ... studies will need to evaluate the potential for male mate choice copying and deception in natural populations ...
... MHC diversity was the sole genetic basis for mate choice. But DeWoody said those studies used mice that were genetically ... well be trade-offs," Bos said. "Getting a mate with diverse MHC, large body size ...
... , and drastically so in comparison to the genome, supporting the hypothesis that the MHC influences mate choice in this population. Future studies may add to this debate of whether biological traits ...
... the March 2009 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology. Historically, most examples of female mate choice and its evolutionary consequences are found in birds. The classic case is the peacock's tail. ...
... up this work by looking at social and cultural influences as well as biological ones in mate choice, and relating these to the genetic diversity of the extended MHC region", says Professor Bicalho.
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... scrutiny, as Jones states in his paper, "Mate Choice and Sexual Selection: What Have We Learned ... male peacocks, that lions get the females of their choice or that humans spend hours primping to catch ...
... there are often few frogs left alive to mate. This frequently leads to inbreeding, which causes an increase in ... a major shift in the frogs' mating behaviour.
Active mate choice based on MHC type is ...
... choose, compete for and retain her preferred mate? A new paper published by Cell Press ... hormonal conditions associated with pregnancy. "Although mate choice studies in humans have routinely recorded ...
... If we can identify this gene or genes, we can say conclusively how they influence both color and mate choice," says Kronforst. "Subsequent work could elucidate exactly how changes in individual genes ...
... male and female.
Coltman's research shows that this anomaly could have implications for female mate choice, since a female that mates with a large, dominant male can expect to have larger sons, but ...
... an animal using ultraviolet B (UVB) rays to communicate with other members of its species. In a series of mate choice experiments with the Chinese jumping spider (Phintella vittata), the researchers ...
... the Middle East look physically different from each other, providing clues about the influences of female mate choice on the evolution of new species. In European barn swallows, for example, long ...
... to marking territory and advertising fitness during mating season. He does a handstand and rubs this ... signaling in scent that apparently helps govern mate choice or nepotism, even when humans' meager ...
... the research group, said: "Disease can influence different behaviours including foraging, mate choice, and predator avoidance. Several recent papers have shown reduced learning abilities in infected ...
