Türk Bilimsel Derlemeler Dergisi

Yazarlar: Metin SEZER, Gazi GÖRÜR

Konular:-

Anahtar Kelimeler:Competition,Mate choose,Communication,Cultural transmission.

Özet: For an organism, reproduction is the only way of transmitting its genes to the next generations. Because of theinter-sexual competition to access the potential mates and intra-sexual selection of mates equipped with desiredtraits are the factors that limit the number of successful individuals achieving this aim. As a result of competitionand mate choose, genetic structure of populations may chance and frequency of some phenotypes may increaseor decrease. There are theories to describe the genetic and non-genetic mechanism of sexual selection. Amongthese theories, Fisher’s runaway process, Zahavi’s indicator model, and sensory explanation models are thegenetic explanations of the phenomena, considering the affect of the preferred trait to the mating success, geneticquality of the offspring and sensory system, respectively. Because mate chose is a complicated process thatincludes non-genetic factors, effects of social interaction, cultural transmission and learning were also pointedout in studies with a variety of organisms.

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