Table 4 Estimates of the equilibrium heritability for height and EA from different experimental designs, using adjustments for assortative mating where appropriatea.

From: Phenotypic covariance across the entire spectrum of relatedness for 86 billion pairs of individuals

Data source

Experimental design

Height (s.e)

EA (s.e.)

This paper

Close relatives

0.82 (0.04)

0.42 (0.04)

Meta-analysis, this paper

Full sib IBD regressiona

0.81 (0.10)

0.33 (0.12)

Meta-analysis, literature23,24

Classic twin pairsa

0.93 (0.03)

0.49 (0.08)

  1. afull details of parameter expectations under AM and adjustments are given Supplementary Note 4.
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