Table 4 Estimates of composite genetic effects underlying difference in EEB, exploration and boldness

From: Additive and nonadditive genetic variation in avian personality traits

 

Model A

Model B

 

EEB

Exploration

Boldness

EEB

Exploration

Boldness

m

0.106±0.097

0.057±0.044

0.049±0.074

0.174±0.095

0.063±0.044

0.051±0.072

[a]

1.745±0.097***

0.935±0.044***

0.696±0.092***

1.661±0.095***

0.927±0.044***

0.639±0.087***

[d]

−1.158±0.188***

−0.400±0.149**

−0.839±0.101***

−1.024±0.178***

−0.292±0.136*

−0.784±0.089***

[a]m

0.202±0.190

0.101±0.185

0.133±0.049**

0.226±0.154

0.102±0.141

0.137±0.050**

[d]m

   

−0.330±0.328

−0.317±0.221

−0.155±0.198

[sde]

−0.113±0.330

−0.047±0.303

0.077±0.090

   

Df

3

3

2

4

4

3

χ 2

1.494

0.369

3.704

7.651

3.586

4.267

  1. m=group mean, [a]=additive genetic component, [d]=genetic dominance component, [a]m=additive maternal component, [d]m=dominant maternal component and [sde]=sex-dependent component. The probabilities of the estimates refer to the t-test.
  2. *Significant at the 0.05 level.
  3. **Significant at the 0.01 level.
  4. ***Significant at the 0.001 level.
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