Male crayfish Orconectes quinebaugensis compete for dominance, therefore, we hypothesized that male dominance correlates with female mate choice, resulting in dominant males being chosen for more reproductive encounters. It was found that the dominance score earned by each male was significantly correlated to its claw size and that there was no significant correlation between the time females spent in the male-containing arm of a Y-maze and their time spent in a control arm. Analysis of our data indicates no relationship between a male's dominance and a female's mate preference.

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Creator

• Greenaway, Erik C.
• Stanford, Robert Bassett
• Thurrott, Whitney Leanne
• Amendola, Larissa R.
• Forsaith, Kari Marie

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042208-183137

Advisor

• Rulfs, Jill
• Buckholt, Michael Allan
• Mathews, Lauren M.

Year

• 2008

Date created

• 2008-04-22

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biology & Biotechnology

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-01-06