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. 2005 Dec;171(4):1917–1931. doi: 10.1534/genetics.105.041525

TABLE 2.

The chi-square values and test results from the combined population analyses (see text for details)

Null hypothesis
No maternal effect: Inline graphic No epistasis: Inline graphic
Untransformed trait values
Corolla width 1.39 4.06
Days to flower 3.96* 2.25
Corolla length 0.00 1.79
Pistil length 0.76 0.82
Anther length 0.73 0.07
Stigma-anther separation 0.15 0.32
Pollen no. 0.16 4.49
PSI 1.86 45.19***
Viable pollen 0.34 8.03*
Log-transformed pollen values
Ln(pollen no.) 2.03 3.78
Ln(PSI) 2.33 42.53***
Ln(viable pollen) 3.85 16.51***

The test for the maternal effect has 1 d.f. while the test for epistasis has 2 d.f. Significance levels: *0.01 < P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001.