BIOL 350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Niall Of The Nine Hostages, Qing Dynasty, Marital Rape
9 Dec 2016
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Question bank 2 possible answers: october 24 page 2. Trade-off in time, energy, resources, and risk. Natural selection favours a combination of optimal tactics: must maximize the number of descendants that are left. Optimal tactics varies with gender, age, and socio-cultural/ economic environment. Somatic effort vs reproductive effort: somatic = growth and survival, reproductive effort = reproduction. Mating effort vs parenting effort: mating = produce new offspring, parenting = invest in existing offspring. Courtship effort vs mate guarding effort: courtship: attract new mate(s, mate guarding: retain existing mate. Playing the field effort vs falling in love effort: playing the field: investment in seeking several potential mates, falling in love: investing in seeking one potential mate, october 25 page 12 to 18. Traits of species common today include those of its predecessors that left the most descendants. Most descendant predecessors minimized uncertainty of paternity. Minimized through subjugation of females: dominant control over fertility and sexual activity.
