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Table 2 Estimated variance components, heritabilities (h2) and permanent animal effects (q2) for litter size (Standard error)

From: Can number and size of offspring increase simultaneously? - a central life-history trade-off reconsidered

 

Univariate

Bivariate

  

With birth mass

With birth head width

Vp

2.011 (0.059)

2.013 (0.059)

2.011 (0.059)

Va

0.193 (0.055)

0.194 (0.054)

0.194 (0.054)

Vq

0.279 (0.062)

0.274 (0.061)

0.270 (0.061)

h2

0.10 (0.03)

0.10 (0.03)

0.10 (0.03)

q2

0.14 (0.03)

0.14 (0.03)

0.13 (0.03)

  1. Vp = phenotypic variance; Va = additive genetic variance; Vq = permanent individual effect variance