- male-to-female ****
ratio was a key
factor in the
emergence and
fortification of
polygynous practices in
regions of Africa.
Polygyny is most
common in a
region known...
-
Xylocopa sonorina,
Anthidium manicatum and elk.[citation needed]
Often in
polygynous systems,
females will
provide the
majority of
parental care. When two...
- Many
perennial Ves****
squamosa (southern yellowjacket)
colonies are
polygynous.
Different types of
polygyny exist, such as lek
polygyny and resource...
-
though verses discussing marriage generally have, of course,
relevance to
polygynous relationships.
Whilst traditional Islamic scholarship upholds the notion...
-
Pogonomyrmex californicus, or
California harvester ant, is a
species of ant in the
subfamily Myrmicinae. It is
native to
North America,
where it occurs...
- The gyne (/ˈɡaɪn/, from Gr**** γυνή, "woman") is the
primary reproductive female caste of
social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees of
order Hymenoptera...
-
remain legal house mistresses.
Although a
society may be
classified as
polygynous, not all
marriages in it
necessarily are;
monogamous marriages may in...
-
extreme ****ual size dimorphism, such as
elephant seals, tend to have
highly polygynous mating systems,
presumably due to
selection for
success in competition...
-
unique to its order.
Colonies are
either monogynous, with one queen, or
polygynous, with many queens, and
these two
types of
colonies differ in many characteristics...
-
dimorphism in size is great. Correspondingly, the
mating system is
highly polygynous; a
successful male is able to
impregnate up to 50
females in one season...
