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| teeth evolution; bigger premolars. Bipedalism. Regulate body temperature. Changes in environment. Reproduction & mating. Ethnic intermarriage. Heterosis- biological distance. Hairless. |
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| 2. Cultural Selection/ Artificial – |
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| humans are engineering qualities they find desirable. Dogs to wolves. Pro-natalist emphasis on sex. Immunization against disease. College as mating. Modify behavior to reduce transmission of infectious disease. |
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| 3. Stabilizing Selection – |
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| cockroaches. Kinship terminology. Monogamy. Christianity. Sharks. Horseshoe crabs. |
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| 4. Directional Selection - |
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| religion telecommunication. Directional change will lead to speciation. Birds, reptiles, etc. horse drawn buggys to cars. |
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| 5. Disruptive Selection - |
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| American Civil War. Bear Arms. Right to Life. Antiwar movement and protests. |
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| affect an organism’s ability to mate. Peacocks. Antlers. Bauer birds – nest directions. Economics. Physical. Reconstructive surgery. Contacts. Tanning beds. Mate competition. Coloration in birds species. |
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| inclusive fitness, invest to whom you are biologically related. Sheeba. The Axe Fight. Jill Johnson – names on adopted v. natural children. Adopted named after someone in the family. Cultural – Indian females aborted more often because of dowry. Genetic relatives = groups. Ex. Organ donors. |
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| Population growth. Rapid Growth. Early Maturation. Produce Large # offspring (Salmon). High mortality. Males: Early commencement, many partners, high birth rates, low investments, high stds, high unpredictability, few resouces = cads (inner city minorities) |
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| Carrying Capacity. Males – delayed commencement, few partners, low brith rates, high investments, predictable, =dads |
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| little utility in group selection. Shakers – celibate group, life long. Catholicism, successful in world religion. Pro-natality, no conception. |
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| partial of sexual selection and directional selection. Traits blown out of proportion. 19th century plains Indians flag-marker. When they were the most stressed. 9 -11. |
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