Sexual Selection
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Sexual selection is a subcategory of natural selection, where members of one biological male/female choose mates of the opposite male/female to mate with and compete with members of the same male/female in order to do so.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What type of selection is most likely responsible for the large antlers seen on male elk?
- A.
Intersexual selection
- B.
Group selection
- C.
Intrasexual selection
- D.
Kin selection
- 2.Mate choice is usually exercised by
- A.
Males
- B.
Females
- C.
A and B
- D.
Neither A nor B
- 3.Select the correct statement.
- A.
Sexual selection is the same as natural selection.
- B.
Sexual selection is a type of natural selection.
- C.
Sexual selection is the opposite of natural selection.
- 4.If males compete against each other for access to females, and females choose among males for mates, then we would expect females to be brightly colored and males to be drab.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Intersexual Selection occurs between members of the same sex.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.is the difference in appearance between the two sexes in the same species.
- 7.Cryptic female choice is a part of intersexual selection.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Sexual Selection affects female characteristics more intensely than it does male characteristics.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Horns in male sheep, antlers in male moose, and male fiddler crabs with enlarged claws are examples of
- A.
Sexual dimorphism
- B.
Intrasexual selection
- C.
Intersexual selection
- D.
Female cryptic choice
- 10.What is one characteristic of female cryptic choice?
- A.
It inhibits inbreeding.
- B.
It is defined under intrasexual selection.
- C.
It explains the relative abundance of traits.
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