Table 2 Heritability estimates for cold hardiness (cold), heat hardiness (heat), and plasticity of cold and heat hardiness

From: Stage-specific genotype-by-environment interactions for cold and heat hardiness in Drosophila melanogaster

Stage

Rearing Temp.

Trait

H 2

A.

   

Adult

18

Cold

0.25 (0.11–0.36)***

Larva

18

Cold

0.13 (0.062–0.19)***

Adult

25

Cold

0.35 (0.20–0.44)***

Larva

25

Cold

0.21 (0.073–0.34)***

B.

   

Adult

18

Heat

0.45 (0.29–0.56)***

Larva

18

Heat

0.30 (0.17–0.41)***

Adult

25

Heat

0.36 (0.24–0.45)***

Larva

25

Heat

0.34 (0.25–0.42)***

C.

   

Adult

18 and 25

Cold plasticity

0.13 (0.058–0.20)***

Larva

18 and 25

Cold plasticity

0.069 (0.037–0.11)***

Adult

18 and 25

Heat plasticity

0.17 (0.086–0.27)***

Larva

18 and 25

Heat plasticity

0.13 (0.065–0.21)***

  1. The point estimate is followed by the 95% confidence interval, in parentheses
  2. ***indicates p < 0.001 based on permutation tests