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Table 4 Coefficient estimates from sire-offspring and dam-offspring regressions and cross correlation (reciprocal phenotypic regressions) of the proportion of orange and yellow components of throat colouration. Morph category was determined via segmentation analysis of digital photographs

From: The genetic basis of discrete and quantitative colour variation in the polymorphic lizard, Ctenophorus decresii

Offspring

Sire

Dam

Slope ± SE

R2

P

Orange

Orange

-

0.44 ± 0.13

0.28

0.003*

Orange

-

Orange

0.43 ± 0.17

0.16

0.016*

Orange

Yellow

-

0.31 ± 0.10

0.26

0.004*

Orange

-

Yellow

0.25 ± 0.17

0.04

0.15

Yellow

Yellow

-

0.29 ± 0.09

0.24

0.005*

Yellow

-

Yellow

0.54 ± 0.16

0.27

0.002*

Yellow

Orange

-

0.35 ± 0.14

0.17

0.018*

Yellow

-

Orange

0.42 ± 0.19

0.12

0.033*

  1. * denotes significance
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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