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. 2000 Oct 13;67(5):1208–1218. doi: 10.1086/321201

Table 2.

Conditional Probability that an Individual Possesses a Trait-Value-Increasing Allele, Given that His or Her Trait Value Is in the Lower and Upper Percentiles of the Trait Distribution and under the Assumption of Different Trait-Locus Allele Effects[Note]

Locus Heritability
Probability (Threshold) for
Trait-LocusAlleleFrequency d Broad-Sense Narrow-Sense αl=.10 αu=.10 αl=.05 αu=.05 αl=.25 αu=.05
.5 .0 .333 .333 .155 (−1.580) .846 (1.580) .116 (−2.015) .886 (2.015) .234 (−.839) .886 (2.015)
.5 .5 .360 .320 .088 (−1.420) .759 (1.810) .049 (−1.908) .781 (2.212) .197 (−.581) .781 (2.212)
.3 .0 .296 .296 .060 (−1.917) .660 (1.148) .043 (−2.322) .725 (1.598) .098 (−1.222) .725 (1.598)
.3 .5 .393 .367 .021 (−1.857) .626 (1.481) .012 (−2.284) .654 (1.915) .052 (−1.102) .654 (1.915)
.1 .0 .152 .152 .013 (−2.174) .312 (.601) .010 (−2.551) .375 (1.021) .022 (−1.541) .375 (1.021)
.1 .5 .265 .265 .004 (−2.164) .391 (.826) .002 (−2.543) .454 (1.307) .008 (−1.516) .454 (1.307)
.5 1.0 .429 .286 .049 (−1.333) .665 (2.111) .021 (−1.865) .667 (2.500) .174 (−.360) .667 (2.500)
.5 −1.0 .429 .286 .334 (−2.113) .951 (1.330) .334 (−2.502) .981 (1.863) .388 (−1.438) .961 (1.863)
.3 1.0 .500 .412 .009 (−1.836) .582 (1.863) .003 (−2.273) .586 (2.295) .025 (−1.031) .586 (2.295)
.3 −1.0 .247 .114 .231 (−2.228) .667 (.668) .231 (−2.599) .811 (1.206) .231 (−1.600) .811 (.189)
.1 1.0 .381 .361 .001 (−2.160) .454 (1.116) .001 (−2.542) .496 (1.681) .002 (−1.505) .496 (1.681)
.1 −1.0 .038 .007 .091 (−2.277) .159 (.319) .091 (−2.641) .203 (.702) .091 (−1.667) .203 (.702)

Note.— For all runs, a=1. The table entries essentially give solutions to equation (3), with thresholds (in parentheses) defined as in equation (2); probabilities of possessing the allele are shown, given trait values in the lower αl percentile and the upper αu percentile.