BIOLOGY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Reciprocal Altruism, Inclusive Fitness, Gestational Diabetes
18 Oct 2016
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Cooperation, selfishness, and altruism can be better understood with an evolutionary approach. Sexual conflict can result from disparities in reproductive investment by males and females. Behavior encompasses any and all of the actions performed by an organism, often in response to its environment or to the actions of another organism. G. i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. Shore crabs choose mussels that provide the most energy relative to the energy to open the shell. Created the most feeding pellets when exposed to polymer sugars. They had evolved to like the taste of polymers because of the energy content iii. Why do species have taste preferences? i. ii. Maximal extraction of energy and acquisition of essential nutrients. Behavior encompasses any and all of the actions performed by an organism. When a heritable trait increases an individual"s reproductive success relative to that of other individuals, that trait tends to increase in frequency in the population.
