Male Mate Choice Lacking in the Agile Frog, Rana dalmatina

Copeia;  May 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ...In anurans, mate choice is traditionally considered to be...however, pointed out, that male mate choice might occur in a wider array of frog...thought. Theory predicts that male mate choice is likely to be present in a species...

Mate choice and reproductive success of two morphs of the seven spotted...

European Journal of Entomology;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......septempunctata, melanic, typical, mate choice, reproductive success, age specific fecundity Abstract. Mate choice, reproductive success and fecundity...mate with melanic males and females. Mate choice was mainly determined by females...

Male fish don't like an audience while mating

The Hindustan Times;  December 8, 2007 ;     422 words ......another male fish is watching them. Mate choice experiments have shown that males usually...possible explanation for this change in mate choice could be that the desire to fight a...Plath's findings indicate how sensitive mate choice can be to even subtle interactions between...

WHEN MICE CHOOSE MATES, EXPERIENCE COUNTS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 21, 2006 ;     446 words ......also be seen as a female trusting the mate choice of another female." That one female...observe and use to make decisions such as mate choice, food location or presence of danger...and whom to mate with, but its use in mate choice has not been seen in mammals." Pfaff...

Hope for the ugly people; SCIENTIFIC STUDY.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 6, 2001 ;     185 words ......women prefer tall men. However, Australian scientists studying mate choice in guppies found that although all the females liked males...believe previous studies have failed to detect idiosyncratic mate choice because they looked only at what populations found attractive...

STORIES OF MODERN SCIENCE ... FROM UPI

United Press International;  September 25, 2002 ;     661 words ......disease among offspring. Circumventing mate choice is likely to have negative consequences...respect to genetic quality and female mate choice may be taking this into account. Wedekind and colleagues previously found mate choice can increase the survival of young whitefish...

Stories of modern science ... from UPI.

United Press International;  September 25, 2002 ;     649 words ......disease among offspring. Circumventing mate choice is likely to have negative consequences...respect to genetic quality and female mate choice may be taking this into account. Wedekind and colleagues previously found mate choice can increase the survival of young whitefish...

The Reduction of Seduction

The Scientist;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the genetic underpinnings of human mate choice are significantly trickier to get at...are the obstacles in unravelling human mate-choice behavior. With an insect experimental...these cues are, and how they affect mate choice, is the goal that evolutionary psychology...

RESOURCEFULNESS AND SOCIAL DESIRABILITY TRAIT ASCRIPTIONS OF MALES: AN...

Social Behavior and Personality;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......cue, in terms of predictive value for mate choice. Generally, proximate cues signaling...competition and favor with respect to mate choice (Buss & Schmitt 1996; Hassebrauck...considered to be the primary female mate choice criteria. Mate choice fosters intrasexual...

Ralph Nader Announces His Running Mate Choice

Getty Images (by Event);  February 28, 2008 ;     36 words ...Brendan Smialowski Getty Images (by Event) 02-28-2008 Ralph Nader Announces His Running Mate Choice Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 Image 6 Image 7 Image 8 Image 9 Image 10 Image 11 Image 12 Copyright (c) 2008 Getty Images

Choosing a mate is an energy-sapping task for female iguanas

The Hindustan Times;  June 28, 2007 ;     379 words ......colleagues calculated how much energy female iguanas expend on mate choice in the wild using miniaturized data loggers developed by Anthony...of these benefits so as to gain a total picture of the way mate choice works in this species. Authors suggest that these findings...

How male fish deceive rivals about their top mate choice

The Hindustan Times;  August 1, 2008 ;     410 words ......father the offspring. "Future studies will need to evaluate the potential for male mate choice copying and deception in natural populations, because male mate choice copying cannot be evolutionarily stable if males always have an opportunity to...

Early view biases spider's mate choice.(First Impressions)

Science News;  November 1, 2003 ;     427 words ......species tend to copy each other's mating choice. The new experiment took the unusual tack of testing for social influences on mate choice in invertebrates, says Bennett Galef of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. It's a very straightforward experiment with...

A unique ornament display in female Northern Cardinals.(Short...

Wilson Bulletin;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......ornaments in males and their use in mate choice and intrasexual competition as indicators...female ornaments can be used similarly in mate choice and intrasexual competition (reviewed...value of ornaments within the context of mate choice. In species with subdued ornament ...

Effect of fluorescent powder marking of females on mate choice by male...

The American Midland Naturalist;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......powder has no significant effect on mate choice. We tested this hypothesis by establishing...fluorescent powder on females did not alter mate choice by males after a choice had been established...FITZSIMONS. 1989. Kin recognition and mate choice in mice: fitness consequences of ...