Title: Population Genetics and Behavioral Ecology: Orange, Blue, & Yellow Male Uta stansburiana
Url: http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-37/v37reprint.php?ch=18
Author: Avis James
Ralph Preszler
Author's Address: New Mexico State University, Biology, NM
Email Address: rpreszle@nmsu.edu
Description: Variation in throat color among male side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana, is associated with variation
in male size and mating strategies. Success of alternative mating strategies is dependent on the frequencies
of types of males in the population. In this research-based case study, students use population genetics
(Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium), descriptions of mating strategies, and the results of a behavioral ecology
field experiment to explore the evolutionary processes that maintain multiple male throat colors in
populations. The activity illustrates the maintenance of variation in a population through balancing
frequency-dependent selection.
Keywords: population genetics
behavioral ecology
Topic: Animal Behavior
Genetics
BEN Subject/Discipline Taxonomy: Genetics & Heredity
Learning Resource Type: Laboratory exercise (DCMI Type Vocabulary)
Context: Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Undergraduate upper division 15-16
Format: pdf
Access Rights: This resource is for ABLE members only.
Rights: http://www.ableweb.org/copyright-policy/
Conference Location & Year: Boston University (2015)
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