Using the FishSim Animation Toolchain to Investigate Fish Behavior: A Case Study on Mate-Choice Copying In Sailfin Mollies

10.3791/58435 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Gierszewski ◽  
Derek Baker ◽  
Klaus Müller ◽  
Jan-Marco Hütwohl ◽  
Klaus-Dieter Kuhnert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Fish Behavior ◽  
Mate Choice Copying ◽  
Sailfin Mollies

scholarly journals The role of model female quality in the mate choice copying behaviour of sailfin mollies

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E Hill ◽  
Michael J Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Choice Behaviour ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Mate Choice Copying ◽  
Female Quality ◽  
Phenotypic Quality ◽  
Similar Body ◽  
Sailfin Mollies

Female mate choice copying is a socially mediated mate choice behaviour, in which a male's attractiveness to females increases if he was previously chosen by another female as a mate. Although copying has been demonstrated in numerous species, little is known about the specific benefits it confers to copying females. Here we demonstrate that the mate choice behaviour of female sailfin mollies ( Poecilia latipinna ) is influenced by the phenotypic quality of model females with whom males are observed consorting. Test females choosing between two males of similar body length were found to significantly increase time spent with previously non-preferred males after having observed them with a relatively high-quality female. Conversely, females were found to significantly decrease time spent with previously preferred males after having observed them with a relatively low-quality female. Female mate choice copying might be maintained by selection based on the heuristic value it provides females choosing between males whose quality differences are not easily distinguishable.

Are males in a relationship flirted with more? Testing for mate choice copying in humans

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels van de Ven ◽  
Monique Maria Henriettte Pollmann ◽  
Rob Nelissen ◽  
Nadiya Sayenko
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Mate Choice Copying ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Absolute Measure ◽  
Cast Doubt

Ample anecdotal and some scientific evidence suggests that men who enter a relationship feel that they are flirted with more frequently than before they had a partner. This phenomenon has been interpreted as a form of mate choice copying; the idea that females prefer males that are in a relationship with another female. In two samples (N = 271 and N = 396) we replicate that people indicate that flirting increased after entering a relationship. However, on a more absolute measure (how often people feel they are flirted with), we did not find that those in a relationship felt to be flirted with more than those without one. Our findings cast doubt on the interpretation that ours (and similar) findings are support for mate choice copying, and we argue that alternative explanations should be considered.

Mate-Choice Copying as Bayesian Decision Making

2005 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Uehara ◽  
Yokomizo ◽  
Iwasa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mate Choice ◽  
Bayesian Decision ◽  
Mate Choice Copying ◽  
Bayesian Decision Making

Mate choice copying versus preference for actively displaying males by female pied flycatchers

1999 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
TORE SLAGSVOLD ◽  
HILDEGUNN VILJUGREIN
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Mate Choice Copying
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