Question

How might social interactions and mating behavior differ in populations that reproduce asexually versus ones that engage in sexual reproduction? How might having separate sexes versus hermaphrodites affect the types of social interactions within a population?

Answer 1

Social interactions seen more frequent and more deeper with manh different aspects in ties than the asexual reproducing populations, which do not require a mate for the reproduction. The sexually reproducing organisms are tend to have a better social life. And many characteristics like family, mating process, mating competition etc.

Having separate sexes as compared to hermaphrodite also show the similar interaction difference, but with very low intensity. Here, hermaphrodites will interact more than the asexually reproducing ones. But highest and deeper interaction will be among sexually reproducing interactions only. Separate sexes involve more deeper interdependent behavior with group living, just like humans,which is a social animal.