Vocab-exam 1 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Anisogamy
Divergence in size between male and female gametes
Batemans rule
Fitness is limited by the available resources for males and by the number of assessable females for males
Behavioral ecology
The study of ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, and the roles of behavior in enabling an animal to adapt to its environment
Behavioral polymorphism
Individuals of the same population show distinct behavior/strange patterns
Benefit and cost
Us economic approaches to analyze and show whether a certain behavior is adaptive when compared other alternatives
Brood parasitism
Lay eggs in the nest of other birds of the same or different species
By-product mutualism
Cooperation in situations where there is no other alternative for their own benefit
Character displacement
Some characters show more dissimilar in the sympatric than the allopathic zones between two similar species
Cline
A gradient of continuous character variation along a geographical transact
Comparative psychology
Branch of psychology involving the study and comparison of the behaviors of diverse animal species, often under controlled lab experiments
Concord/ gamblers fallacy
Common logical error where previous investment becomes the reason for the continuation of investment
Cooperation
Two individuals behave beneficially to each other. It is the result of kin selection, reciprocal altruism, by-product mutualism, or group selection
Epigenetics
The study of heritable changes in gene expression or phenotype caused by mechanisms other than the underlying DNA sequence. It refers to functional modifications to the genome without a change in the nucleotide sequence
Ethology
The study of animal behavior, especially in the natural habitats of animals
Evolutionary arms race
A metaphor used for the co-evolutionary processes between two antagonistic biological systems.
Evolutionary psychology
An approach to psychological traits such as memory, perception, and language from an evolutionary perspective.
Fitness
Number of successful offspring per individual
Game theory
A mathematical approach to strategic decision making between rational decision makers in their social interactions
Gene mapping
Use known genetic markers to find locations of the genes involved in certain trait using linkage analysis
Genomic imprinting
A non-Mendelian genetic phenomenon by which certain genes are expressed in a parent-of-origin- specific manner due to methylation or alleles from one of the parents
Green beard effect
Metaphor proposed by Richard Dawkins. It says that all conspecific individuals bearing a unique feature are kin.
Hamiltons rule
When BxR-C > 0 and individual should preform an altruistic behavior to a recipient
Handicap hypothesis
Explains why males evolve large ornaments. Suggests that a male ornament is an honest signal for the ability to survive
Heritability
The function of genetic variation over the total variation
