Table 4 Genetic (above diagonal) and phenotypic (below diagonal) correlations and their standard error between floral traits in the control line

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

 

Flower size

Stigma–anther distance

Tube length

Flower size

 

0.26 (±0.24)

0.53* (±0.20)

Stigma–anther distancea

0.098 (±0.07)

 

0.13 (±0.19)

Tube lengtha

0.509*** (±0.06)

0.399*** (±0.07)

 
  1. *P<0.05,
  2. ***P<0.001. Genetic correlations (r) were estimated from offspring–mother regressions, and are considered significant at P<0.05, if 2SE(r)<r.
  3. Tube length and stigma–anther distance were transformed (see text).
Back to article page