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Mechanism for evolution
Mate choice is one of the primary mechanisms under which evolution can occur. It is characterized by a "selective response by animals to particular stimuli"
Mate_choice
Desirable qualities in partners
desired traits and the preference for them). Thus, this preferential mate choice directly influences one's reproductive success. Both processes work together
Mate_choice_in_humans
Strategy used by organisms
Mate-choice copying, or non-independent mate choice, occurs when an individual of an animal species copies another individual's mate choice. In other
Mate_choice_copying
Family of ray-finned fish
number of females a male can mate with. This introduces the ability for selection to favor male mate choice. Male mate choice is rarely studied or observed
Stickleback
of most species surviving only a few matings and consequently having short life-spans. Pre-copulatory mate choice processes have been observed in a wide
Sexual_selection_in_spiders
Biological mechanism to control fertilization
Cryptic female choice is a form of mate choice which occurs both in pre- and post-copulatory circumstances in which females of certain species use physical
Cryptic_female_choice
Form of human sexual intercourse
she smells? Male and female reports of sensory reliance in mate choice and non-mate choice contexts". Personality and Individual Differences. 45 (6):
Penile–vaginal_intercourse
Species of amphibian
Carl (1 April 1994). "Reproductive character displacement of female mate choice in the grey treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis ". Animal Behaviour. 47 (4):
Gray_treefrog
Preferential mating pattern between individuals with similar phenotypes
display mate choice, a phenomenon termed as mutual mate choice. Mutual mate choice occurs when both males and females are searching for a mate that will
Assortative_mating
2017 book by Richard O. Prum
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us is a 2017 book by the ornithologist and evolutionary
The_Evolution_of_Beauty
Theory of human evolution
hypotheses have attempted to explain how parasite load influences female mate choice, as certain traits are thought to be costly and the expression of such
Parasite-stress_theory
Species of crustacean
more between microhabitats, to find food or mates, when they are concealed by night. Microhabitat choice is also impacted by the life stage of the organism
Idotea_balthica
Burrowing eusocial rodent
Clarke FM, Faulkes CG (October 1999). "Kin discrimination and female mate choice in the naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber". Proceedings. Biological
Naked_mole-rat
Species of beetle
Oecologia, 55: 258 - 263 Hughes, A. L., and Hughes, M. K. (1985). Female choice of mates in polygynous insect, the whitespotted sawyer Monochamus scutellatus
Monochamus_scutellatus
Sum of desirable traits in a potential mate
a similar mate value, to avoid rejection. Specifically, one could infer that one's own mate value has a direct impact upon partner choice through the
Mate_value
Species of spider
for courtship. The mating interactions of E. culicivora are species-specific. Their mating interactions follow mutual mate choice in which both males
Evarcha_culicivora
Psychological theory
test due to the amount of variance and flexibility exhibited in human mate choice. A hybrid resolution to psychological adaptations and learned behaviours
Psychological_adaptation
Practice of a person marrying a spouse of higher social status
found that women are more selective in their choice of marriage partners than are men. Studies of mate selection in dozens of countries around the world
Hypergamy
Species of fish
pair bonding ends after mouth brooding begins. An experiment studying mate choice in the mango tilapia shows results of the correlation between operational
Mango_tilapia
Species of moth
Dhondt, André (1998). "Mate Selection by Male Winter Moths Operophtera brumata (Lepidoptera, Geometrldae): Adaptive Male Choice or Female Control?". Behaviour
Calyptra_thalictri
Species of tropical fish
There is also the concept of colour association to possibly explain mate choice since one of the food sources wild guppies compete vigorously for is
Guppy
Genus of birds
However, the boreal owl has been shown to exhibit biandry as well. Mate choice in this genus is largely related to auditory vocalizations (a form of
Aegolius
Species of amphibian
sexual selection, the mating call has many variations that may come into play as a major factor in mate choice by females. During mating, females monitor body
Spring_peeper
Species of beetle
cryptic choice – the use of multiple sperm receptacles to store sperm from different males, allowing a later choice of which to use. Mate choice also varies
Red_flour_beetle
Class of mollusks
sneaker males quickly insert drop-like sperm into the seminal receptacle. Mate choice is seen in cuttlefish species, where females prefer some males over others
Cephalopod
Species of insect
not consider them in mate selection. R. marginata however show no indication of discriminating against nestmates for mate choice in both males and females
Ropalidia_marginata
Form of sexual selection
investment in relationships, sexual arousal, performance of oral sex, and mate choice. Human males have several physiological adaptations that have evolved
Human_sperm_competition
Reproductive process
potential mating partners. Greater choice and variety of mates increases a female's chance to produce more viable offspring. However, multiple mates for a
Sperm_competition
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up mate or Mate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mate may refer to: Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in: Mate choice, intersexual selection
Mate
Genus of wasps
is a female, males try to mate with her as soon as possible. The sensory organs that allow the wasps to detect their mates, and hosts is close to the
Megarhyssa
Class of mating system in non-human species
mating system in which one male lives and mates with multiple females but each female only mates with a few males. Systems where several females mate
Polygyny_in_animals
Species of butterfly
observed between males and females. Females exercise mate choice before, during, and after mating and can distinguish between males who were reared on
Polygonia_c-album
Practice of animals eating their own mating partners
higher chance of mating with a female. Females exercise mate choice, rejecting unwanted and unfit males by cannibalizing them. Mate choice often correlates
Sexual_cannibalism
Adaptive immune gene selection
disassortative mate choice may maintain genetic diversity in some species. Depending on how parasites alter selection on MHC alleles, MHC-dependent mate-choice may
Major histocompatibility complex and sexual selection
Major_histocompatibility_complex_and_sexual_selection
Genus of bears
then characterized by male-male competitions influenced by female mate choice. Mating seasons fluctuate based on species dependent on geographical location
Ursus_(mammal)
Genus of amphibians
word ὕλη (hūlē, "forest" or "wood"). The mating systems across most species of Hyla largely feature female choice based on male calling effort. The specific
Hyla
St Andrew's cross spider
sperm competition, sexual size dimorphism, cryptic female choice, the role of pheromones in mating behaviour, and the function and evolution of web decorations
Argiope_keyserlingi
Species of fish
are not always able to mate with their preferred mates. For example, when predators are present, males are less choosy and mate indiscriminately with small
Broadnosed_pipefish
Postulate in biology
in Kingston, Ontario in 1979, states that a female's ideal mate choice among potential mates is one whose genes will produce males with the best chance
Sexy_son_hypothesis
Type of animal mating behaviour
A lekking species is characterised by male displays, strong female mate choice, and the conferring of indirect benefits to males and reduced costs to
Lek_mating
Mode of natural selection involving the choosing of and competition for mates
coloration is itself adaptive as camouflage. In his opinion, ascribing mate choice to females was attributing the ability to judge standards of beauty to
Sexual_selection
Mating with individuals with dissimilar phenotypes
evolutionary influences, such as "mate choice" in this case). Disassortative mating is different from outbreeding, which refers to mating patterns in relation to
Disassortative_mating
Type of small omnivorous rodent
either monogamous or polygamous, which leads to differing patterns of mate choice and parental care. Environmental conditions play a large part in dictating
Vole
Sex-specific adaptations
independent of the species' vision. Similar sexual dimorphism and mating choice are also observed in many fish species. For example, male guppies have
Sexual_dimorphism
Species of amphibian
Male vocalizations are critical in female mate choice, and females often prefer males who give complex mating calls at a lower frequency rather than simple
Túngara_frog
Attraction on the basis of sexual desire
attract other people sexually, and is a factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of
Sexual_attraction
Species of moth
then emerges and mates during a specific time of day. The females utilize pheromones to attract males for mating, with both sexes mating multiple times
Callosamia_promethea
Species of beetle
over females, although small males can avoid conflict and 'sneak' in to mate with females, sometimes under the noses of large males. The larval weevils
New_Zealand_giraffe_weevil
Sexual coercion among non-human animals
bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), have shown that offspring of females with mate choice had higher survival rates than offspring of females that did not. Another
Sexual_coercion_among_animals
Love madness or intense infatuation
potential mating partner. This brain system evolved for mammalian mate choice, also called "courtship attraction". In this phenomenon, a preferred mating partner
Limerence
Biological process
reproduce sexually, both females and males need to find a mate. Generally in animals mate choice is made by females while males compete to be chosen. This
Sexual_reproduction
Human male external reproductive organ
female mate choice and its associations with social judgements in modern-day society.[unreliable medical source?] A study which illustrates female mate choice
Human_penis
Communication to start a relationship with someone or to get sexual contact
in which an animal, usually a male, attempts to attract a mate; the mate exercises choice, so sexual selection acts on the display. These behaviors often
Courtship_display
Species of beetle
that female mate choice occurs between the first and second entrance because she is then able to view the gallery whereas male mate choice occurs at the
Platypus_quercivorus
Large species of waterfowl
is too close to the nest of a mated pair. In terms of mate choice, the trumpeter swan continually returns to the mate from previous breeding terms. Often
Trumpeter_swan
species. Animal sexual behaviour and mate choice directly affect social structure and relationships in many different mating systems, whether monogamous, polygamous
Alternative_mating_strategy
Trait that determines an organism's sexually reproductive function
observation of that individual's sexual characteristics. Sexual selection or mate choice can accelerate the evolution of differences between the sexes. Some sexually
Biological_sex
Species of spider
to mate again. Furthermore, while males do not seem to discriminate between virgin and non-virgin females in courting, females are unlikely to mate a second
Six-spotted_fishing_spider
Process of pairing in biology
in the wild Breeding season Evolution of sex Lordosis behavior Mate choice copying Mating system Reproduction Sex determination system Sexual conflict Sexual
Mating
placed on a potential mate based on reproductive potential and reproductive investment. The theory predicts that preferred mate choices have evolved to focus
Age disparity in sexual relationships
Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships
Intense physical sensation of sexual release
functional. John Wheatley and David Puts state, "If female orgasm is a mate choice mechanism, then orgasm should be triggered less easily in women than
Orgasm
2000 book by Geoffrey Miller
The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature is a 2000 book by the American evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller, in which
The_Mating_Mind
Suborder of fishes
mating season. Similarly, concise elevations of serum androgens in females has been connected to increased aggression and improvement in mate choice.
Stingray
Species of dragonfly
suitable place to lay their eggs. While male rejection is quite high, mate choice appears to be of little importance. It seems that phenotypic characteristics
Common_whitetail
Species of spider
females appear to exercise no mate choice. Experiments have shown that virgin females will almost always accept the first male mate that comes along, showing
Mecaphesa_celer
Features that occur in an organism at sexual maturity
lek mating, such as the roach Rutilus rutilus. Biologists today distinguish between "male-to-male combat" and "mate choice", usually female choice of male
Secondary_sex_characteristic
Preferences in romantic partners
the formation of a romantic relationship. This concept is related to mate choice in humans, the research literature there primarily discusses the preference
Dating_preferences
Family of amphibians
have a choice of mate. In turn, males show brighter coloration, are territorial, and are aggressive toward other males. Females select mates based on
Poison_dart_frog
Family of birds
it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate. The family has 23 species in eight genera. These are medium to large-sized
Bowerbird
reported on July 30 that Harris planned to hold a rally with her running mate choice in Philadelphia on August 6, raising speculation that the pick was Pennsylvania
2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
2024_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection
Behaviours used to retain a mate
resistance to mate guarding in animals could be a mate choice strategy for female animals. Seeing as mate guarding serves to reduce mate choice, resistance
Mate_guarding_in_humans
Species of spider
Lenka; Pekár, Stano (September 2019). "Silk‐ and volatile‐based male mate choice in the genital plug‐producing spider". Ethology. 125 (9): 620–627. doi:10
Philodromus_cespitum
Various types of avian mating rituals/behaviors found in nature
as female choice; and intrasexual competition, where individuals of the more abundant sex compete with each other for the privilege to mate. Sexually
Sexual_selection_in_birds
Vocalizations produced by females for mating
Calling signals sexual receptivity of the female and therefore affects mate choice. There are many different hypotheses as to the exact adaptive function
Female copulatory vocalizations
Female_copulatory_vocalizations
Competition between males to mate with a female
male-male competition has on the reproductive success of a male and the mate choice of a female. Larger males tend to win male-male conflicts due to their
Male_intrasexual_competition
Group of large game birds
eyespots. Multiple hypotheses involving female choice have been posited. One hypothesis is that females choose mates with good genes. Males with more exaggerated
Peafowl
Species of fly
head capsules called eyestalks. These eyestalks play an important role in mate selection and as a result physical characteristic of the fly has been the
Teleopsis_dalmanni
Species of butterfly
reproductively isolated from the wood white due to female conspecific mating choice. The wood white is found in Europe and eastwards across the Caucasus
Leptidea_sinapis
Study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures
S2CID 53161684. Bradbury, J. E. and Gibson, R. M. (1983) Leks and mate choice. In: Mate Choice (ed. P. Bateson). pp. 109–138. Cambridge University Press.
Behavioral_ecology
Suborder of birds
large repertoires while others may have significantly smaller ones. Mate choice in female songbirds is a significant realm of study as song abilities
Songbird
Hypothesis in evolutionary biology
Zahavi in 1975. It is meant to explain how "signal selection" during mate choice may lead to "honest" or reliable signalling between male and female animals
Handicap_principle
Swelling of genital and perineal skin in some mammals as a sign of fertility
Haven; Poston, Joe (1996-01-01). "Perspective: Indirect Mate Choice, Competition for Mates, and Coevolution of the Sexes". Evolution. 50 (4): 1371–1381
Sexual_swelling
Species of mite
of kin recognition and have the ability to avoid inbreeding through mate choice. The genome of T. urticae was fully sequenced in 2011, and was the first
Tetranychus_urticae
Subphylum of arthropods
Ryan J. (March 2020). Goymann, Wolfgang (ed.). "An experimental test of mate choice for red carotenoid coloration in the marine copepod Tigriopus californicus"
Crustacean
Volatile chemical compounds perceived by the sense of smell
pill the changes in mate scent preferences over the menstrual cycle are not expressed. If odor plays a role in human mate choice then the contraceptive
Odor
Cell surface proteins, part of the acquired immune system
presentation. In 1976, Yamazaki et al demonstrated a sexual selection mate choice by male mice for females of a different MHC. Similar results have been
Major histocompatibility complex
Major_histocompatibility_complex
Family of beetles
; Cratsley, Christopher K. (January 2008). "Flash Signal Evolution, Mate Choice, and Predation in Fireflies". Annual Review of Entomology. 53 (1): 293–321
Firefly
in mate choice and preferences. HLA refers to the human form of MHC, and is a gene complex which encodes the MHC. There is a correlation between mate choice
Body odour and sexual attraction
Body_odour_and_sexual_attraction
Species of amphibian
its attractiveness to females. This strategy is explained more in the mate choice subsection. Another anomaly seen with D. ebraccatus males compared to
Dendropsophus_ebraccatus
American politician from South Carolina
gubernatorial candidate, announced his selection of Reichenbach as his running mate choice for Lieutenant governor. "Senator Mike Reichenbach". South Carolina Legislature
Mike_Reichenbach_(politician)
Two basic ways to experience romantic feelings
mammalian courtship attraction, or mate choice, and that people have certain preferences for choosing a preferred mating partner that determines who they
Passionate and companionate love
Passionate_and_companionate_love
Species of mollusc
mates (Oceana). Researchers have hypothesized that there may be cryptic female choice or sperm competition (Morse et al., 2018). In the paper, Mating
Southern_blue-ringed_octopus
Caffeinated maté drink
Club-Mate (German pronunciation: [ˈklʊp ˈmaːtə]) is a caffeinated carbonated mate-extract beverage made by the Loscher Brewery (Brauerei Loscher) in Münchsteinach
Club-Mate
Family of birds
Reuven; Pinshow, Berry (1989). "Cache Size in Shrikes Influences Female Mate Choice and Reproductive Success". The Auk. 106 (3): 418–421. ISSN 0004-8038
Shrike
Principle in genetics
evolutionary influences. These influences include genetic drift, mate choice, assortative mating, natural selection, sexual selection, mutation, gene flow,
Hardy–Weinberg_principle
Brand of genetically modified fluorescent fish
missing publisher (link) Dougherty, Liam R. (2020-02-05). "Designing mate choice experiments". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
GloFish
Species of true bug
which plays a role in mate choice, was not affected by host plants. This study shows that M. histrionica have variation in mate choice depending on changing
Harlequin_cabbage_bug
Species of moth
humans who inadvertently introduced them to many regions worldwide. The mating systems of the lesser wax moth are well researched because they involve
Lesser_wax_moth
Species of land snail
Japan Journal of Malacology. 52 (1): 87–100. Tomiyama, Kiyonori (1996). "Mate-Choice Criteria in a Protandrous Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Land Snail Achatina
Lissachatina_fulica
Evolutionary effects of sexual selection on humans
in these features among the various peoples of the world meant human mate-choice criteria would also have to be quite different if the focus was similar
Sexual_selection_in_humans
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Boy/Male
English
A mace was a medieval weapon used by knights.
Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew
Gift from God
Male
Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Greek Mattathias, MATS means "gift of God."
Male
English
Short form of English Matthew, MATT means "gift of God."
Female
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Greek Martha, MARTE means "lady, mistress."Â
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Kate, CATE means "pure."
Female
English
 Latin name MARE means "sea." Compare with another form of Mare.
Male
English
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, TATE means "cheerful."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a virile man, from Middle English male ‘masculine’ (Old French masle, madle, Latin masculus).Belgian (van Male) : habitational name from any of a number of places in Flanders named Male.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the personal name Pat(t), Pate, a short form of Patrick.English and Scottish : nickname for a man with a bald head, from Middle English pate ‘head’, ‘skull’.French (Paté) : from Old French pat(t)é ‘with paws’, ‘pawed’ (from pat(t)e ‘paw’), a nickname, applied presumably to a man with large and clumsy hands and feet.German : nickname for a trustworthy man, from Middle High German pate, Middle Low German pade ‘godfather’, ‘male relative’ (see Paeth), or alternatively from a personal name Bado, probably meaning ‘battle’, ‘fight’.
Male
Slovene
Slovene form of Greek Mattathias, MATEJ means "gift of God."
Female
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Maeve, MAVE means "intoxicating."Â
Female
Spanish
Contracted form of Spanish MarÃa Teresa, MAITE means "rebellious-harvester." Compare with another form of Maite.
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Hebrew Mattithyah, MATEO means "gift of God."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English May, a pet form of Margaret, MAE means "pearl," and Mary, meaning "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."
Female
English
Pet form of English Katherine, KATE means "pure."
Female
Spanish
Variant spelling of Spanish Maite, MAYTE means "rebellious-harvester."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the personal name Matthew.German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias or Matthäus (see Matthew).German and Dutch : variant of Matte ‘meadow’.
Male
Hebrew
Short form of Hebrew Nathan, NATE means "a giver" or "whom God gave."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Matt, MAT means "gift of God."
MATE CHOICE
MATE CHOICE
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
A Great Sahabi who Participated in the Battle of Badr
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Very Delightful
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Deep
Boy/Male
Egyptian
Close.
Girl/Female
Australian, Polish
Life
Boy/Male
Hindu
Deep water
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Moon; Handsome
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God of Grandeur
Boy/Male
Tamil
Originating in the mind, Born of the mind
Girl/Female
Indian
Initiation
MATE CHOICE
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n.
See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.
v. t.
Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
v. t.
To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.
n.
A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
imp. & p. p.
of Mate
v. t.
To be a mate to; to match.
n.
An animal of the male sex.
n. & v.
See Maze.
n.
See Matte.
a.
See 2d Mat.
v. t.
To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
n.
A gate. See 1st Gate.
imp. & p. p.
of Make
n.
The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
v. i.
To make an estimate.
v. t.
To supply with a gate.
n.
An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.
n.
A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
v. i.
To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one.