Sexual selection refers to a natural selection process, which arises through preference by one sex for specific characteristics in the member or members of the other sex. The purpose of this paper is to complete and present the requirements of the assignment on the Evolution Biology. The paper covers the issues that pertain to sexual selection such as the theoretical background as well as the evidence for models of mate choice. Furthermore, the writer covers the aspects of game theory and animal conflict as well as sexual conflict, which exists in the process of sexual selection. In addition, the paper covers the issues of ecological factors, which influence the animal mating systems as well as the male or female polymorphisms. All these are
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This refers to an evolutionary process through which selection occurs by a female chooser to a male chooser. The process of selection regards the attractiveness of the male’s phenotypic traits. Five models have been developed in order to explain the evolution of mate choice. However, for covering this assignment, the Indicator Traits will be highlighted and analyzed. The Indicator Traits suggests that the model of natural selection depends on the identification of specific traits. In this case, the indicator traits are traits that signal a good quality of an individual. Indicator traits are perceived as attractive traits, which indicate a wide genetic quality thus favoring the selection of on member of a particular sex over the other. During the selection process, often the female member of a species desires the specific traits to evolve among her offspring’s. Therefore, the choosy sex believes that by mating with a member of the opposite sex who holds the indicator traits, these genetic benefits will be passed over thus resulting in a high quality offspring (Kokko 2003). The hypothesis of the indicator traits is further divided into three key subtopics, which further explain the rationale behind the indicator traits. The subtopics include the good genes hypothesis, the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis, and the good genes hypothesis. In selection, the choosy sex always wants the best genes to be transferred to the …show more content…
John Maynard Smith together with George R Price who formalized the analysis of evolutionary strategies developed the EGT. The game theory utilizes a mathematical criterion in order to predict the prevalent results of different strategies. Indeed, the sexual selection process involves strategies, which are often competing strategies (DeDeo, Krakauer, and Flack 2010). Therefore, specific strategies are found within specific environments or populations. For example, the men in Australia will apply specific competing strategies, which are common within their population as compared to men in Africa. The population aspect is quite important in explaining the issues revolving around evolution. The classical game theory is a significant model, which was developed by John Von Neumann explaining the optimal strategies within situations in competition between competing parties. In this case, the term contest refers to a situation with a high number of players who can make different moves in the
This refers to an evolutionary process through which selection occurs by a female chooser to a male chooser. The process of selection regards the attractiveness of the male’s phenotypic traits. Five models have been developed in order to explain the evolution of mate choice. However, for covering this assignment, the Indicator Traits will be highlighted and analyzed. The Indicator Traits suggests that the model of natural selection depends on the identification of specific traits. In this case, the indicator traits are traits that signal a good quality of an individual. Indicator traits are perceived as attractive traits, which indicate a wide genetic quality thus favoring the selection of on member of a particular sex over the other. During the selection process, often the female member of a species desires the specific traits to evolve among her offspring’s. Therefore, the choosy sex believes that by mating with a member of the opposite sex who holds the indicator traits, these genetic benefits will be passed over thus resulting in a high quality offspring (Kokko 2003). The hypothesis of the indicator traits is further divided into three key subtopics, which further explain the rationale behind the indicator traits. The subtopics include the good genes hypothesis, the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis, and the good genes hypothesis. In selection, the choosy sex always wants the best genes to be transferred to the …show more content…
John Maynard Smith together with George R Price who formalized the analysis of evolutionary strategies developed the EGT. The game theory utilizes a mathematical criterion in order to predict the prevalent results of different strategies. Indeed, the sexual selection process involves strategies, which are often competing strategies (DeDeo, Krakauer, and Flack 2010). Therefore, specific strategies are found within specific environments or populations. For example, the men in Australia will apply specific competing strategies, which are common within their population as compared to men in Africa. The population aspect is quite important in explaining the issues revolving around evolution. The classical game theory is a significant model, which was developed by John Von Neumann explaining the optimal strategies within situations in competition between competing parties. In this case, the term contest refers to a situation with a high number of players who can make different moves in the