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. 2007 Apr;175(4):1895–1910. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.063743

TABLE 9.

Comparison of literature estimates of genetic variance in environmental variance

Source Trait Inline graphic Inline graphicb Inline graphicc Inline graphicd
SanCristobal-Gaudy et al. (1998) Fat/protein goat milk 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
pH pig 0.150 1.2E-04 0.039 0.402
SanCristobal-Gaudy et al. (2001) Litter size sheep 0.230 0.057 0.048 0.509
Sorensen and Waagepetersen (2003)a Litter size pigs 0.090 4.291 0.026 0.307
Ros et al. (2004)a Body weight (g) snails 0.290 0.368 0.017 0.580
Rowe et al. (2006) Body weight (kg) broiler ♂ 0.086 8460 0.029 0.299
Body weight (kg) broiler ♀ 0.096 5310 0.031 0.318
a

Models included permanent environmental variance; environmental variance was taken from their model 1 estimates.

c

Inline graphic = heritability of environmental variance.

d

Inline graphic, a measure of evolvability (Houle 1992).