Mating Systems

Stephen M Shuster

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Abstract

A quantitative approach to mating system analysis emphasizes the measurement of sex differences in the variance in relative fitness, as well as genetic correlations that may arise among breeding pairs. Such information allows mating systems to be classified using data commonly available from ecological, life history, and behavioral analyses. This empirical framework for the study of mating systems stresses quantification of the evolutionary forces responsible for male-female differences, an approach that is easier to test and provides less ambiguous answers than current frameworks emphasizing evolutionary outcomes predicted by optimality theory or sex differences in parental investment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set
PublisherElsevier Inc.
Pages2266-2273
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9780080914565
ISBN (Print)9780080454054
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2008

Keywords

  • Fitness variance
  • Genetic correlations
  • Good genes
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  • Mate numbers
  • Opportunity for selection
  • Sex differences
  • Sex ratio
  • Sexual dimorphism
  • Sexual selection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
  • Environmental Science(all)

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