Chapter 7: Mating Systems

BBC-Galapagos/#35:15 Galapagos Sea Lions competing to be beachmaster (for chap 6)
BBC-PlanetEarth/2.3_IceWorlds/#11:15 Emperor Penguins pair bond, #39:56 males protect eggs (use in chap 9)
BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.9_ProblemsOfParenthood/#29:10 Magpie geese polygynous male with 2 females
sperm_number residual = observed - predicted

  1. Dunnock: Eurasia Accentor family, sparrow-like, but warbler bills.
  2. Polygynandry: communes 70s - private property
  3. Lark Bunting: sparrow, state bird Colorado, prairie.
  4. prothonotary: clerk in Catholic (notary), yellow robes; "Golden Swamp Warbler".
  5. pair bond: affinity/attachment
  6. Dragonfly testes segment 9 (10 total)
    • Drosophila sperm: look like polytene chromosomes
    • Eosentonon transitorium: Proturan hexapods, no eyes, wings, antennae, pigments; soil-dwelling
    • Telmatoscopus albipunctatus: Diptera
    • Plodia interpunctella: Lepidoptera (Indian Meal Moth)
    • Tessellana tessellata: Orthoptera (Bush Cricket)