Table 1 Changes in average corolla diameter and estimated realized heritabilities of the three lines of P. drummondii over three generations of selection

From: Rapid response to artificial selection on flower size in Phlox

Year

Treatment

N

MeanSE) (mm)

Realized heritability

1996

Base

307

28.67±0.15

1997

Control

101

30.04±0.27

 

Up

172

32.21±0.19

0.53

 

Down

65

27.76±0.31

0.71

1998

Control

95

28.11±0.24

 

Up

68

31.90±0.29

0.98

 

Down

149

25.27±0.18

1.14

1999

Control

96

29.68±0.26

 

Up

83

33.74±0.31

1.91

 

Down

9

26.63±1.72

0.94