ANT211H5- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)
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Understand the importance of evolutionary theory and how it plays into reproductive behaviour. Natural selection- competition between individuals, this competition leads some individuals to be more successful to reproduce than others. Basically natural selection determines sexual behaviors that are related to reproduction. All behaviour in sexually reproductive individuals is a reflection of their goal to reproduce. On the quiz she(cid:859)ll give us an example and describe it and we have to pick which type (from above) it is. Sexual selection: the competition between same sex individuals to attract and maintain mates for successful reproduction: talking about genetic fitness (ability to survive and reproduce- to perpetrate your genes into subsequence generations) Immigrants would bring more genes into the gene pool (may be favourable or deleterious: this can only happen by chance (a gene that is unfavourable in one env. Gene can affect more than one trait or a group of genes can affect on trait (polymorphic)
