Definitions
MHC is short for….?
What is: Major Histocompatibility Complex
“Genetic similarity between mating partners did not depart from random, and did not affect offspring ________”
What is: fitness
crested ibis advertise “good genes” through external traits
What is: Sun et al.
What is the purpose of figure 3 in the Sun et al. article?
What is: to compare MHC-based outcomes in artificial matches and free-mating matches
Sun et al. found that females preferred males with which MHC genotype?
What is: MHC-Heterozygous
The ability to elicit prospective behavior from a potential mate is referred to as….
What is: Attractiveness
“A focus on fitness outcomes for choosers suggests that ‘good genes’ are ________ to explain the evolution of mate choice or of sexual ornamentation”
What is: insufficient
Females participate in EPCs for genetic benefits
What is: Kempenaers et al.
Table 1 in the Kempenaers et al. paper highlights the difference between ____ and ____ broods?
What is: monogamous and polygynous
Kempenaers et al. found that extra pair copulations are driven by what?
What is: female choice
What term describes genes that confer improved survival or growth?
What is: fitness genes
“Despite the undoubted importance of pedigree‐based matching of mates in conservation programmes, we show that ___________ can be a better alternative strategy”
What is: free mating
Chorus attendance will have an impact on mating success and offspring fitness
What is: Jaquiery et al.
Figure 2 in Jaquiery et al. supports their hypothesis by showing…
What is: tadpole growth rate increases with male attractiveness
Jaquiery et al. concluded that females choose their partners based on…
What is: good genes
The effect of the genotype of an individual on the average phenotype of offspring is….?
What is: breeding value
“We present evidence that such an asymmetry is indeed caused by ______ behavior, and that 'attractive' ______ do not suffer lost paternity, survive better and recruit more young.”
What is: (1) female (2) males
Studies do not properly measure all influences on good genes, making “good genes” inadequate to explain mate-choice evolution patterns
What is: Achorn and Rosenthal
Figure 1 in Achorn and Rosenthal shows…
What is: there are multiple sources of selection on mate-choice mechanisms
Achorn and Rosenthal conclude that ________ are required to measure good genes, but they are often difficult to measure
What is: direct measures of fitness
Nonsexual function or constraint incidentally acts to discriminate among mates refers to ….?
What is: mating bias
“Comparisons showed that ________ and ________ yielded more fertilized eggs and more fledglings”
What is: (1) free-mating wild (2) semi-natural pairs
BONUS: Which author stated that “display traits need not benefit choosers”?
What is: Achorn and Rosenthal
Table 2 in the Kempenaers et al. paper illustrates what trend?
What is: The significant inverse correlation between the number of female intrusions in a male's territory and the number of extrusions of his own female
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: One of the other papers we read this week was included in Table 1 of Achorn and Rosenthal. Which paper was it?
What is: Sun et al. (top of page 212, ref 35)