Sentences with phrase «choosiness by»

The authors of the present study investigated how sexual cannibalism may promote male choosiness by pairing captured virgin male and female orb - weaving spiders randomly in the laboratory and observing which sex was more selective and which mates were selected.

Not exact matches

By such devices as the Church Year, with its rich variety of feasts and fasts, with its commemoration of the events in the life of Christ, and with its concentration at this or that moment on this or that particular Christian affirmation, as well as by the repetition of this variety from year to year, the worshipper is delivered from a certain «choosiness» on the part of the minister, and also from undue centering of attention on some single aspect of the whole Christian affirmatioBy such devices as the Church Year, with its rich variety of feasts and fasts, with its commemoration of the events in the life of Christ, and with its concentration at this or that moment on this or that particular Christian affirmation, as well as by the repetition of this variety from year to year, the worshipper is delivered from a certain «choosiness» on the part of the minister, and also from undue centering of attention on some single aspect of the whole Christian affirmatioby the repetition of this variety from year to year, the worshipper is delivered from a certain «choosiness» on the part of the minister, and also from undue centering of attention on some single aspect of the whole Christian affirmation.

«By modelling a system where females can mate multiply to enhance fertility, and males compete for fertilization of female eggs, researchers show that male choosiness readily evolves.

This finding matters because — by impacting on who mixes their genes with whom — choosiness is a key factor shaping the biodiversity of species.