Table 1 Phenotypic values and heritabilities (H2) for life-history traits in parental strains and RILs

From: Environmental influence on the genetic correlations between life-history traits in Caenorhabditis elegans

Trait

Strain

Mean±s.d.

H 2

  

12°C

24°C

12°C

24°C

Body mass

N2

1.9 (0.1)*

1.8 (0.2)

  
 

CB4856

1.5 (0.2)

1.5 (0.2)

  
 

RI strains

1.9 (0.1)***

1.7 (0.1)

0.65 (0.06)

0.39 (0.04)

Egg number

N2

234.3 (13.4)*

177.4 (10.4)

  
 

CB4856

159.9 (16.9)

156.6 (12.8)

  
 

RI strains

172.7 (72.0)*

176.6 (62.4)

0.19 (0.03)

0.21 (0.03)

Egg size

N2

3.4 (0.3)*

3.1 (0.4)

  
 

CB4856

3.8 (0.4)*

3.0 (0.5)

  
 

RI strains

3.5 (0.4)*

2.9 (0.4)

0.37 (0.04)

0.29 (0.03)

  1. Body mass in 106 μm3, egg size in 104 μm3. s.d. in brackets. Significantly different between temperatures: *P<0.05, ***P<0.001, s.e. of H2 in brackets.
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