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... mate - locating time to guard a prospective mate or to prevent an already inseminated female from mating with another male . Table 3 Mating Systems of Males and Females MONOGAMY : 400 CHAPTER TWELVE MATING SYSTEMS Monogamy.
... mate - locating time to guard a prospective mate or to prevent an already inseminated female from mating with another male . Table 3 Mating Systems of Males and Females MONOGAMY : 400 CHAPTER TWELVE MATING SYSTEMS Monogamy.
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An Evolutionary Approach John Alcock. Table 3 Mating Systems of Males and Females MONOGAMY : An individual male or female mates with only one partner per breeding season . POLYGYNY : Individual males may mate with more than one female ...
An Evolutionary Approach John Alcock. Table 3 Mating Systems of Males and Females MONOGAMY : An individual male or female mates with only one partner per breeding season . POLYGYNY : Individual males may mate with more than one female ...
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... females begin to compete more and more strongly among themselves for opportunities to mate , and males become more ... females that prefer males with certain characteristics . Female mate choice theoretically could be based on male ...
... females begin to compete more and more strongly among themselves for opportunities to mate , and males become more ... females that prefer males with certain characteristics . Female mate choice theoretically could be based on male ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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