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Ch. 10 Life History Flashcards

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Life histories involve _______

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tradeoffs

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Reproduction can be _____ or ______

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sexual; asexual

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Major advantage of sexual reproduction

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  • immediate gene mixing between two individuals

- duplicate copies of genes available

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Major disadvantage of sexual reproduction?

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immediate loss of beneficial gene combinations

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Asexual reproduction advantages

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  • rapid reproduction
  • no required minimum population size
  • inbreeding is not an issue
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Parthenogenesis

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natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of an embryo occurs without fertilization

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Facultative parthenogenesis

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a sexually reproducing species that can also reproduce asexually

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Simultaneous hermaphrodites

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both sexes at one time; possess both male and female sex organs

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sequential hermaphrodites

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male or female depending on the life cycle stage

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protandrous

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all born male

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Genetic sex-determination

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  • XX/XY
  • XX/X0
  • X0/X0
  • ZW/ZZ
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Most mammals (including humans) and many insects use which sex chromosomes?

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XX/XY

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In the XX/XY system, which sex is more prone to sex-linked disorders?

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males; they’re heterogametic (XY)

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In the XX/X0, which one is female?

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XX

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XX/X0 is found in

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several rodent lineages and many insects

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ZW/ZZ is found in

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birds, some reptiles, and insects

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in the ZW/ZZ system, females are

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ZW; and more prone to linked diseases

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Bipotential

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develop into testes or ovaries

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Genetic sex determination

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one sex has a different chromosome

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temperature dependent sex determination

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nest temperature determines offspring of sex

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temperature dependent sex determination is occurs in

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  • most turtles
  • most/all crocodilians
  • many lepidosaurs
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Three patterns of TSD

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  • males from cooler nests (1a)
  • females from cooler nests (1b)
  • females from coolest and warmest nests, males from intermediate nest temps
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primary sexual differentiation

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gonads become ovaries unless gene product from Y chromosome

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secondary sexual differentiation

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follows primary sexual differentiation; copulatory organs, display structures

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Hypothesized mechanism of TSD
testosterone in egg (from mother) affected by temperature-dependent enzyme called aromatase
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In temps that produce females, aromatase:
converts testosterone to estradiol; makes gonads become ovaries; produces more estrogens, creates a positive feedback
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In temps that produce males aromatase:
converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone; makes gonads become testes
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Some consequences of TSD
- affects sex ratio at hatching | - may affect some species ranges due to climate change
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Reproduction involves both costs and benefits. The overarching, evolutionary dilemma is:
how to reproduce with the maximum possible fitness
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Common problems of trying to reproduce with the maximum possible fitness
- early reproduction typically results in a reduced lifespan - early reproduction typically results in reduced future offspring potential - producing too many offspring results in lower average competitive ability of each individual - producing few offspring results in too few individuals
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Age at maturity is a key aspect of an organism's
life history
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Age at maturity is often seen as:
age at first reproduction
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Reproductive effort is governed by
tradeoffs
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fecundity
the number of offspring produced per unit time
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reproductive effort
the total energetic costs of reproduction per unit time
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Tradeoffs that govern reproductive effort
- energy demands - nutrient demands - physiological demands - movement - competition for mates - parental care
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An optimized life history is one where conflicts between demands for survival and reproduction are resolved to be the most advantageous for the
individual's fitness
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each set of offspring is seen as an
economic choice
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offspring as an economic choice
- all are created equal | - no wasting of resources
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Parent-offspring conflict
offspring will always want more resources for themselves compared to what the parents are willing to offer
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Robert Trivers' theory
- each offspring should demand more than its fair share from the parent's point of view - offspring are demanding more, at the expense of their siblings and the parent's future offspring
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parents want to maximize their benefit
per unit effort
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offspring want the parents to maximize their benefit (to offspring)
per unit effort; this is why offspring will ALWAYS beg for food more than what the parents ever give
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There is a trade-off between the ____ and _____ of offspring produced
number; size
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altricial
offspring are born/hatched helpless and are cared for
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precocial
offspring are born/hatched capable of moving and foraging
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When organisms spend less time and energy on gestation, this results in _____ offspring
altricial
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When organisms spend more time and energy on gestation, offspring are ______
precocial
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Species differ in the ______ of reproduction
timing
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Iteroparous
organisms that produce offspring more than once over their lifetime
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Semelparous
invest all energy to growth, development, and acquiring energy early in life
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_______ systems describe the pairing of males and females
mating
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mating system
the pattern of mating between the males and females of the system; highly variable
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Monogamy
the formation of a lasting pair bond between one male and female
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Social monogamy
role in parenting a particular set of offspring
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genetic monogamy
an iteroparous species that mates with only one individual after sexual maturity
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promiscuity
no mating in long-term pairs, no pair bonds, many mates
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Polygamy
pair bonds with one sex and multiple individuals of the opposite sex
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polyandry
least common; one female, keeping multiple male partners
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polygyny
one male, keeping multiple female partners; most common
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Two situations in which polyandry would benefit a male?
- scarcity of food | - intense competition for territories/resources
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acquisition of a mate involves
sexual selection
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sexual selection is ultimately driven by conflict meaning:
- females produce large gametes (high energy and time, limited number) - male sperm is cheap and always available
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anisogamy
sexual reproduction by the fusion of dissimilar gametes
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Intersexual selection
reproductive selection based on male dominance/territoriality
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Infanticide
new male lion coalitions will kill preexisting cubs left in the pride to increase their fitness
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Intrasexual selection
reproductive selection of one sex from the other
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Why are females selecting males with different traits?
- good gene hypothesis - handicap hypothesis - sexy son hypothesis
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good gene hypothesis
females are selecting mates based on external signals that correlate with the genes they are carrying
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handicap hypothesis
females select males that are able to live with an obvious handicap
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sexy son hypothesis
females choose a mate whose genes will produce male offspring with best chance of reproduction
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Patterns of life-history characters reflect
external selective forces
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Fast-slow continuum hypothesis
- some animals are burst producers that die young | - others take decades to mature and have a few offspring
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r-strategists
typically small, short lived organisms - rapid development - little/no parental care - high reproductive rates at low population sizes - high mortality
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k-strategists
typically large, long lived organisms - competitive species - slow development - parental care - low reproductive rates

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