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Table 2 Genetic variance, broad-sense heritability, 95% confidence interval of heritability and coefficient of variation for 17 Daphnia phenotypic traits

From: Evolution of asexual Daphnia pulex in Japan: variations and covariations of the digestive, morphological and life history traits

Trait

Genetic variance (Vg)

Broad-sense heritability (H2)

95% confidence interval of heritability (CI)

Coefficient of variation (CV) (%)

Digestive

 Beta-glucosidase

1630.00

0.35

(0.00, 0.31)

12.51

 Lipase

8489.419

0.07

(0.00, 0.17)

38.42

 Alkaline phosphatase

13,060.00

0.36

(0.00, 0.63)

14.95

 Arginine amino-peptidase

2128.45

0.41

(0.28, 0.80)

23.55

 Alanine amino-peptidase

845.20

0.56

(0.48, 0.91)

16.33

Life history

 Maturation age

0.48

0.41

(0.10, 0.73)

9.08

 Maturation instar number

0.13

0.20

(0.01, 0.61)

11.64

 Maturation body length

0.004

0.28

(0.00, 0.08)

3.92

 Intermoult duration before maturation

0.001

0.09

(0.00, 0.48)

1.95

 Intermoult duration after maturation

0.00

0.00

(0.00, 0.19)

0.00

 k

0.0002

0.12

(0.04, 0.71)

12.86

 Mean egg number of the first three clutches

0.28

0.23

(0.00, 0.57)

8.54

Morphology

 Mean neonate size of the first three clutches

0.00006

0.04

(0.00, 0.08)

1.22

 Body length at five days

0.02

0.67

(0.66, 0.85)

9.83

 Body weight at five days

0.00002

0.58

(0.66, 0.87)

27.61

 Relative tail spine length of the first adult instar

0.001

0.91

(0.44, 0.72)

17.99

 L∞

0.01

0.31

(0.00, 0.57)

4.41