Ivy and Sakaluk (2005) Studied the Potential Benefits of Polyandry

question 7

Short Answer

Ivy and Sakaluk (2005) studied the potential benefits of polyandry in decorated crickets. Their experimental design involved the following treatments: (1) females that mated a single time, (2) females that mated three times to a single male, and (3) females that mated with three different males. They measured offspring number and offspring survival for each treatment. How does this experimental design allow the researchers to differentiate between the potential benefits of polyandry?

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