CHYS 2P10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Big Five Personality Traits, Ismail Ibn Sharif, Sexual Reproduction
9 Apr 2014
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Increased health and nutrition appear to be the largest contributors to trend for puberty to begin at lower ages. Menarche delayed by low levels of nutrition (as is menstruation) Aspects of rearing environment can affect girls" reproductive strategy. Figure 4. 8: two developmental pathways of reproductive strategies. Early maturing girls experience more emotional problems and behavioral problems relative to other girls development additional time to develop social and intellectual skills. Early maturing boys experience positive and negative outcomes of their. Longitudinal research suggests that late maturing boys may benefit from having. Figure 4. 9: early-maturing girls are more likely to be frequent users of tobacco. Sexual reproduction produces greater diversity, parasite resistance, and reduces negative mutations. The two sexes may not necessarily have the same reproductive interests. This can lead to divergent evolutionary adaptations, as each sex seeks to maximize its own reproductive fitness.
