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Animal Biology

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Set 10 Mating Systems

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Question 1

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Kirk's dik-dik is a small African antelope that usually forms male-female pairs. It is possible that monogamy evolved in this species because males are required to protect offspring from other rival males. This would be an example of the

A) mate limitation hypothesis.
B) mate guarding hypothesis.
C) mate assistance hypothesis.
D) infanticide hypothesis.

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Question 2

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Kirk's dik-dik is a small African antelope that usually forms male-female pairs. Males place their scent marks over those of the female, which hides the signals of sexual receptivity that females produce when they are fertile. This finding supports the

A) mate limitation hypothesis.
B) mate guarding hypothesis.
C) mate assistance hypothesis.
D) infanticide hypothesis.

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Question 3

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Kirk's dik-dik is a small African antelope that usually forms male-female pairs. If males are experimentally removed from pairs, females wander from their territories into the territories of other males. This finding supports the

A) mate limitation hypothesis.
B) mate guarding hypothesis.
C) mate assistance hypothesis.
D) infanticide hypothesis.

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