Sexual Conflict

Front 1

what is anisogamy

Back 1

where males and females have different gametes (eggs vs sperm)

Front 2

what are sexual dimorphism related to

Back 2

optimal mating rates and amount of mate compeitition

Front 3

what I sexual conflict

Back 3

when males and females have different mating strategies they often conflict

Front 4

describe sexual antagonistic coevolution

Back 4

when to sexes evolve traits in response to the other sex

Front 5

give an example of sexual antagonistic coevolution of Mae exploration behaviour and female resistance

Back 5

males exploite females by suggesting they have genes they dont actually have (increase male fitness)

females evolve traits in response to male exploitation (increasingly female fitness decrease male)

Front 6

describe the experiment on fruit flies for sexual antagonistic evolution in monogamy and polygamy groups

Back 6

males in monogamy groups harassed females less and females have higher fitness and less evolved resistance

Front 7

why do males harass females

Back 7

because of differences in sexual investment males have higher optimal mating rates and have evolved traits to increase they making frequency

Front 8

in a study with fruit flies so attractive (larger) females get more harm from males

Back 8

yes, they're harassed more

Front 9

what is convenience polyandry in females

Back 9

when the cost of accepting another mate is lower than the cost of persistent harassment

Front 10

describe the results testing female preference in fruit flies with high or high harm males

Back 10

females not previously exposed to high harm males will spend more time around high harm males

females previously exposed to high harm makes will gain avoidance (spend less time over male chambers) and prefer low harm males

Front 11

give an example of a post copulation sexual conflict

Back 11

accessory gland proteins

Front 12

describe the benefit in males from the sexual conflict of accessory gland proteins

Back 12

increase sperm competition,

decrease mating receptivity of mate,

increased short term reproduce potential of mate,

speeds up ovulation

Front 13

describe the benefits and cost in females from accessory gland proteins

Back 13

benefits- increased short term reprdutvei potential

cost: decreases lifetime reproductive potential and life span

Front 14

and is an accessory gland protein

Back 14

protein in sperm to help sperm reach egg or effect female behaviour

Front 15

true or false when makes have a high male-male competition they invest more in ejaculate traits and thus more harmful to females

Back 15

true

Front 16

what are intralocus sexual conflict

Back 16

within genes

when fitness optimizing traits are controlled by the same gene between sexes

only one gene involvd

Front 17

give an example of intralocus sexual conflict

Back 17

one gene controls body size but selection favour large bodies in males and small females

Front 18

describe the study for evidence of intralocus conflict

Back 18

both male and female larva have the same body size but as adults they differ in body size based on reproductive benefits

Front 19

what is Interlocus sexual conflict and give an example

Back 19

between genes

when a fitness optimizing trait is controlled by different genes between sexes

ex) parental behaviour

Front 20

do all males use exploitative behaviour

Back 20

no

Front 21

who uses more harmful exploitative behaviour dominant or submissive males and why

Back 21

submissive males because they're not likely to win mates from fighting to they have the exploit females to reproduce