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Predation should be a very strong source of __________. - correct answer ✔✔Natural Selection Predation should favor evolution of behavioral or other traits that enable animals to prevent themselves from __________. - correct answer ✔✔Being killed and eaten What different strategies can prey animals use to avoid being eaten? (ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR) - correct answer ✔✔1. Limit ability of predators to DETECT them (limiting detection probability)
Natal Philopatry - correct answer ✔✔When offspring remain in their place of birth and/or return to their place of birth to breed Natal Dispersal - correct answer ✔✔When offspring leave their place of birth and never return (it is permanent) Is dispersal costly? - correct answer ✔✔Yes What dangers to dispersing individuals face? - correct answer ✔✔- High energetic costs of traveling long distances
Do animals adjust their migratory flight path depending upon their own body condition? - correct answer ✔✔- Yes
Mary Bomberger Brown - correct answer ✔✔CLIFF SWALLOWS; Measured colony size preference for parents and offspring for many individuals over the years and used this data to estimate heritability What is resemblance among relatives caused by: - correct answer ✔✔- Shared environment
What gene is foraging behavior in fruit flies caused by? - correct answer ✔✔for Foraging behavior in fruit flies is cause by variation in a gene (for). What protein does for produce? This protein also affects foraging behavior in __________. - correct answer ✔✔PGK; bees Effects of regulatory genes on behavior in Drosophila (fruit flies) - correct answer ✔✔Elaborate courtship Steps of courtship in Drosophila as an effect of regulatory genes - correct answer ✔✔1. Orienting
Expect that most behavior is caused by: - correct answer ✔✔the INTERACTION between nature (genes) and nurture (environment) Is behavior CONTROLLED by genes? - correct answer ✔✔- complex behaviors like foraging and mating behavior may have a genetic component in some species but these may be the exceptions
winner effect - correct answer ✔✔- winners of competitions tend to be more likely to win future contests
occur in some species (not all) where they are exposed to some stimulus during a critical period (like geese and Konrad Lorenz)