Table 1 Heritabilities (h2) with bootstrapped standard errors (s.e.) and associated probabilities (P) of forehead patch size in Iberian pied flycatchers

From: Heritability and genetic correlation between the sexes in a songbird sexual ornament

Familial comparison

h 2

s.e.

P

h 2 z (coef.)

N

Father–son

0.56

0.12

0.0000

0.56 (1.0)

246

Mother–daughter

0.46

0.36

0.1400

—

35

Father–daughter

0.43

0.22

0.0502

0.43 (1.0)

76

Mother–son

0.61

0.22

0.0068

0.31 (0.5)

87

Full-brothers

0.66

0.26

0.0042

0.88 (1.3)

40

Paternal half-brothers

0.43

0.48

0.1870

0.43 (1.0)

32

Maternal half-brothers

1.87

0.48

0.0003

0.93 (0.5)

31

Maternal grandfather–grandson

0.78

0.49

0.0028

0.39 (0.5)

57

Paternal grandfather–grandson

0.74

0.35

0.0000

0.74 (1.0)

70

  1. The h2 values assume autosomal inheritance; h2z values are heritability estimates assuming complete Z-linked inheritance; coef. denote coefficients applied to the familial regressions and analysis of variances (ANOVAs) when assuming complete Z-linked inheritance; h2z is not given for the mother–daughter regression as is predicted to be 0. N is the number of families used in each analysis.
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