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Table 1 Estimates of genetic parameters in the crossing design

From: A major QTL affects temperature sensitive adult lethality and inbreeding depression in life span in Drosophila melanogaster

Sex

Life span ± s.e.

V A

V D

V E

DR

h 2

Females

40.0 ± 0.09

39.3***

73.2***

12.6

1.93

0.31

Males

25.4 ± 0.08

45.3***

20.5***

19.8

0.95

0.53

  1. Mean life span with standard errors in days, additive genetic variance (V A ), dominance variance (V D ), environmental variance (V E ), average dominance ratio (DR) and narrow sense heritability (h2). *** significant at P = 0.001
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

ISSN: 2730-7182

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