Biodiversity Stewardship Lab

In a species of your choice, how is internal fertilization accomplished?

What are alternative hypotheses about the function of internal fertilization?

For external fertilization, how does it occur in a species of your choice?

What is the function of external fertilization? (TIP: refer to the size, number and synchrony of gamete production related to risk of mortality)

For an asexual species of your choice, how does reproduction occur?

What is the phylogenetic history of asexual reproduction? (TIP: why sex?)

For a species with alloparents, how does the development of parental behavior change
with age? (TIP: describe the progression from alloparenting to parenting)

What is the function of alloparents in a species of your choice?

In a species of your choice, how does care-solicitation change with age?

In a species of your choice, how does parental care change with the age of the infant?