The relationship between hypothesized psychological genetic fitness indicators and indices of mating success.

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Camargo ◽  
Glenn Geher ◽  
Maryanne L. Fisher ◽  
Andrew Arrabaca
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Fitness Indicators ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Genetic Fitness

scholarly journals Preprint: Kordsmeyer & Penke, "The association of three indicators of developmental instability with mating success in humans"

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Kordsmeyer ◽  
Lars Penke
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Developmental Instability ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Equivalence Testing ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Perfect Symmetry ◽  
Minor Physical Anomalies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Evolutionary Fitness

Developmental instability (DI) has been proposed to relate negatively to aspects of evolutionary fitness, like mating success. One suggested indicator is fluctuating asymmetry (FA), random deviations from perfect symmetry in bilateral bodily traits. A meta-analytically robust negative association between FA and number of lifetime sexual partners has been previously shown in men and women. We examined the relationship between bodily FA across twelve traits and indicators of quantitative mating success in 284 individuals (141 males, age 19-30 years). Two further indicators of DI, minor physical anomalies (MPAs) and asymmetry in palmar atd angles, were also assessed. For men, no significant associations were detected, whereas for women, unexpected positive relationships of FA with the number of lifetime sexual partners and one-night stands emerged. Thus, in a large sample and using a more highly aggregated FA index, our study fails to replicate previous findings, though equivalence testing also did not support deviation from previous meta-analytic estimates, especially for men. No associations were found for MPAs and FA in atd angles in either sex.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Body Fat Percentage and Some Anthropometric and Physical Fitness Characteristics in Pre- and Peripubertal Boys

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márta Szmodis ◽  
Iván Szmodis ◽  
Anna Farkas ◽  
Zsófia Mészáros ◽  
János Mészáros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Body Fat Percentage ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Standing Long Jump ◽  
Fitness Indicators ◽  
Long Jump ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
The Relationship

The main aim of this study was to compare anthropometric and physical fitness indicators of boys of the same chronical age but with different fat percentages. Subjects were Hungarian boys aged 9–13 years (N = 6919). Anthropometry was measured according the guidelines of the International Biological Program. Relative body fat was estimated by Drinkwater–Ross’s method (1980); Conrad’s growth type of physique was also estimated (1963). Physical fitness was tested with 30 m dash (s), standing long jump (cm), fistball throw (m), and 1200 m run (s). Subjects of each cohort were grouped into seven subgroups with fat percentage ranges of 4%. Differences between subgroups were tested by one-way ANOVA. In the case of a significant F-test, Tukey’s post-hoc tests were used. The level of effective random error was set at 5% in all significance tests (p < 0.05). Except for the three groups with low fat percentages, values of body weight, stature, body mass index, and plastic and metric indexes were significantly higher; results of 30 m, 1200 m running, and standing long jump were worse in all groups with higher fat percentages. An interesting finding of the current study is that body fat percentage also influenced the physical fitness of non-overweight and obese children as well when using merely the 4% ranges in grouping by fatness. The lower the fat the better the physical fitness was in this sample of pre- and peripubertal boys.

Personality and predictability in fallow deer fighting behaviour: the relationship with mating success

2013 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 1041-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domhnall J. Jennings ◽  
Thomas J. Hayden ◽  
Martin P. Gammell
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Fallow Deer ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fighting Behaviour

scholarly journals The relationship between health and mating success in humans

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 160603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhi Foo ◽  
Leigh W. Simmons ◽  
Gillian  Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Semen Quality ◽  
Physiological Measures ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Physiological Indicators ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Healthy Humans ◽  
The Relationship

Health has been claimed to play an important role in human sexual selection, especially in terms of mate choice. Our preferences for attractive individuals are said to represent evolved adaptations for finding high-quality, healthy mates. If this is true, then we expect health to predict mating success in humans. We tested this hypothesis using several important physiological indicators of health, including immune function, oxidative stress and semen quality, and self-reported measures of sexual behaviour that contribute to mating success. In contrast to our hypothesis, we did not find a relationship between the physiological measures of health and sexual behaviour. Our results provide little support for claims that health, at least the health measures we used, increases mating success in relatively healthy humans.

The Relationship Between Carotenoid-Based Coloration and Pairing, Within- and Extra-Pair Mating Success in the American Redstart

The Condor ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 684-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Kappes ◽  
Bridget J. M. Stutchbury ◽  
Bonnie E. Woolfenden
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
American Redstart ◽  
Pair Mating ◽  
Extra Pair Mating ◽  
The Relationship

Fluctuating asymmetry of the frog Crinia signifera in response to logging

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie Lauck
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Environmental Stress ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Fluctuating Asymmetry ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
Fitness Indicators ◽  
Testes Size ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Clutch Mass

Fluctuating asymmetry has been proposed as an indicator of environmental stress and population health. However, a notable feature of research examining the relationship between fluctuating asymmetry and population fitness is that of inconsistency. Logging dramatically alters habitat and has the potential to increase or decrease environmental stress. To evaluate the response of fluctuating asymmetry to logging, I conducted research to determine whether fluctuating asymmetry differs in the frog Crinia signifera captured at logged and unlogged sites and if any differences were correlated with body size or body condition. There was a decrease in fluctuating asymmetry but also a decrease in body size and body condition as a result of logging. I also investigated whether any relationship existed between the subtle asymmetry of individuals and the following indicators of fitness: clutch size, clutch mass, average egg mass, testes size, body size and body condition. There was no significant relationship between subtle asymmetry and the fitness indicators.

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