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Identify and Briefly Describe the Five Stages of Coming Together

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Identify and briefly describe the five stages of coming together.


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Polyandry

A mating system in which a female has multiple male mates at the same time.

Genetic Diversity

The variety of genetic information present within species, populations, or individuals, crucial for adaptation, survival, and resistance to diseases.

Inbreeding Depression

A reduction in the average fitness of inbred individuals relative to that of outbred individuals. It arises because rare recessive alleles become expressed in a homozygous state where they can affect detrimentally the performance of individuals.

Sperm Competition

A form of sexual selection occurring after mating, in which the sperm from multiple males compete to fertilize the eggs of a female.

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