Sentences with phrase «female preference»

They then identified three different call variants, and measured female preference for each one (equivalent to choosing a mate).

Male steroid hormones and female preference for male body odor.

Song is typically learned from other local males [4], is phenotypically plastic [5] and can be shaped by female preference [6].

«I think there's also female preference for more familiar males because they are likely to be of higher quality given that they have out - competed other males.»

Now, says Prum, ornithologists can study female preference «all the way down to the nanometer scale.»

«Alternatively, it is possible that these mechanisms did not evolve to cope with hybridization, but rather are a side effect of existing female preferences.»

Finally, the local adaptation hypothesis suggests that individuals locally adapted to their environment may experience limited movement, and over time female preference for local males may produce divergence in song, creating different song dialects within a species [12,13].

Our results indicate that the duration of male courtship time alone does not influence female preference behaviour.

Polish scientists have shown that male and female preferences for a height difference (known scientifically as sexual dimorphism) change based on how tall they are, perhaps so that people can widen their own dating pool.

He continues, «The problem is, for any kind of male ornament, it's been a challenge to figure out why those female preferences arise and evolve.

«First, we have this perfect storm of genetic correlations that are driving all of these female preference, male ornament and mating system traits forward,» Pitnick says.

This too strengthens the female preference for longer sperm, as they get good genes to pass on to their offspring.»

Primatologists assume the female preference is dictated by her anatomy: her enlarged clitoris and sexual swellings are oriented far forward.

Prum advocates that some female preferences may be arbitrary — perhaps better marketed as «merely a matter of beauty.»

It is therefore tempting to speculate that the external stimulation of competitiveness by societal pressure, which is analogous to the stimulation of competitiveness by the female preferences in our model, can lead to such a wastage of resources that our future survival is threatened.»

And this female preference for the unusual is what drives young males to leave their clan and seek out another pack.

Female preference for a mate in orb - web spiders is often measured by latency to move onto the mating thread (as an indication of willingness to mate) and copula duration (under female control, with the potential to limit the amount of sperm males can transfer)[3], [11].

This provides an avenue for future research concentrating on diet manipulations of individual males through development and their effects on courtship behaviour and female preference.

However, the underlying first - male advantage that we (and [24]-RRB- found could also simply result from a female preference for the first male she is paired with.

But you are right when you think that male or female preference have no place in creativity and art.