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Table 4 Statistics for the QTL detected by interval mapping in cross ABC5.

From: Support for the reproductive ground plan hypothesis of social evolution and major QTL for ovary traits of Africanized worker honey bees (Apis melliferaL.)

QTL

Average ovary size

Minimum ovary size

Maximum ovary size

Ovary activation score

Ovary asymmetry*

Chromos. 6 (Figure 2b)

LOD = 7.8, 14.5% Var. expl.

LOD = 7.8, 15.0% Var. expl.

LOD = 7.2, 14.1% Var. expl.

LOD = 8.7, 74.0% Var. expl.

LOD = 0.1 - 1.1, 0.2 - 2.7% Var. expl.

Chromos. 13 (Figure 4)

LOD = 3.1, 4.8% Var. expl.

LOD = 2.6, 4.2% Var. expl.

LOD = 3.2, 5.5% Var. expl.

LOD = 0.8, 2.2% Var. expl.

LOD = 0.1 - 0.8, 0.2 - 2.4% Var. expl.

Chromos. 5 (Figure 3b)

LOD = 0.4, 0.6% Var. expl.

LOD = 0.9, 1.4% Var. expl.

LOD = 0.1, 0.2% Var. expl.

LOD = 1.0, 3.1% Var. expl.

LOD = 3.0 - 3.1, 6.9 - 7.2% Var. expl.

  1. * Values describe the range of 3 different asymmetry measures.