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. 2007 Oct;177(2):875–880. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.077057

TABLE 4.

Eigenvectors and eigenvalues (λn) of G for unstandardized traits

gmax g2 g3 g4 g5
CPN 0.582 0.812 −0.043 0.026 −0.014
CIPD −0.054 0.068 −0.115 −0.748 0.648
TN 0.809 −0.580 −0.049 −0.056 0.056
ICD 0.036 0.009 0.701 0.401 0.589
DF 0.047 0.012 0.701 −0.526 −0.479
    λn 0.683 0.293 0.006 0.006 0.002
    % var 69.0 30.0 0.6 0.6 0.2
    gnTγgn −0.003 −0.007 −0.472 −0.575 −0.124
    gnTΔG gn −0.001 (−0.20%) −0.0006 (−0.21%) −0.00002 (−0.29%) −0.00002 (−0.33%) −0.0000008 (−0.03%)

The strength of nonlinear selection along each eigenvector is given by gnTγgn, and the predicted response of the genetic variance to selection along each eigenvector is given by gnTΔG gn.