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Table 1 Factors associated with flight initiation distances in black swans. DRD4 genotype (i.e. common or rare genotype), heterozygosity at eight microsatellite loci, starting distance and distance from water were included as independent variables in generalised linear mixed models, incorporating swan identity as a random factor (random effect variance = 0.092 ± 0.033, Z = 2.757, P = 0.006)

From: Variation at the DRD4 locus is associated with wariness and local site selection in urban black swans

Predictor variable

F1,464

P

DRD4 genotype

5.192

0.023

Microsatellite heterozygosity

1.296

0.255

Starting distance

119.022

<0.001

Distance from water

1.041

0.308

  1. Significant effects are highlighted in bold