Males and females share an interest in their children but also have interests of their own regarding additional mates.
a. What factor determines whether additional mates will increase a male's reproductive success?
b. What factor determines whether additional mates will increase a female's reproductive success?
a):A male likelihood of becoming dominant is strongly influenced by age but not by weight, tenure length and reproductive rate, both important components of dominant male reproductive success, are largely affected by group size and composition, rather than individual traits
b) :in species where matting biases exits, females are typically choosy sexy because they provide a greater parental investment than males however there are some examples of sex role reversal where females must compete with each other for mating opportunities with males
Males and females share an interest in their children but also have interests of their own...