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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Anthropol. 2010 Jun;142(2):246–260. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21221

TABLE 6.

Bivariate statistical genetic analyses: Maximum-likelihood estimates (MLE) of genetic and environmental correlations across the left maxillary and mandibular archesa

Correlations
(MLEs)		 Significance of Correlations
P(Hypothesis)
Phenotype pairs
Mandible-Maxilla		 N ρG (se) ρ E ρG =0 ∣ ρG ∣=1
LM1 pr v UM1 pa 338 0.944 (0.095) −0.259 <0.0001 0.2609
LM1 pr v UM1 ma 338 0.983 (0.116) −0.074 <0.0001 0.4409
LM1 en v UM1 pa 346 0.783 (0.227) 0.072 0.0016 0.1661
LM1 en v UM1 ma 346 0.877 (0.187) 0.176 0.0038 0.2324
LM1 pr v UM1 pr* 338 0.400 (0.244) 0.240 0.1578 0.0013
LM1 pr v UM1 hy* 338 0.532 (0.200) 0.135 0.0439 0.0012
LM1 ma v UM1 pa 340 0.874 (0.121) −0.104 <0.0001 0.1144
LM1 ma v UM1 pr* 340 0.298 (0.207) −0.114 0.1904 <0.0001
LM1 ma v UM1 ma 340 0.983 (0.096) 0.116 <0.0001 0.4291
LM1 ma v UM1 hy* 340 0.356 (0.207) −0.059 0.1305 <0.0001
LM1 hy v UM1 pa 356 0.519 (0.228) −0.026 0.0422 0.0091
LM1 hy v UM1 pr* 356 0.616 (0.218) 0.301 0.0353 0.0076
LM1 hy v UM1 ma 356 0.762 (0.203) −0.055 0.0109 0.0763
LM1 hy v UM1 hy* 356 0.806 (0.121) 0.118 0.0009 0.0094
LM1 en v UM1 pr* 346 0.461 (0.238) 0.027 0.1185 0.0057
LM1 en v UM1 hy* 346 0.594 (0.208) 0.058 0.0506 0.0082
LM2 pr v UM1 ma 437 0.145 (0.310) 0.260 0.6519 0.0005
LM2 pr v UM1 hy* 447 0.768 (0.134) 0.385 0.0040 0.0032
LM2 ma v UM1 ma 437 1 0.023 <0.0001 nc
LM2 ma v UM1 hy* 447 0.410 (0.200) 0.265 0.0894 <0.0001
LM2 pr v UM2 pa 478 0.546 (0.230) 0.002 0.0458 0.0106
LM2 pr v UM2 ma 448 0.434 (nc) −0.002 0.0709 0.0002
LM2 en v UM2 pa 475 0.780 (0.143) 0.093 0.0003 0.0400
LM2 en v UM2 ma 448 0.766 (0.120) −0.095 <0.0001 0.0021
LM2 pr v UM2 pr 479 0.860 (0.111) 0.187 0.0002 0.0484
LM2 pr v UM2 hy 412 0.930 (0.123) 0.125 0.0003 0.2699
LM2 ma v UM2 pa 478 0.915 (0.184) 0.151 0.0001 0.3222
LM2 ma v UM2 pr 498 0.504 (0.194) 0.067 0.0242 0.0014
LM2 ma v UM2 ma 448 0.999 (0.083) −0.179 <0.0001 0.4961
LM2 ma v UM2 hy 412 0.624 (0.207) −0.020 0.0189 0.0424
LM2 hy v UM2 pa 478 −0.251 (0.241) 0.201 0.2903 0.0030
LM2 hy v UM2 pr 480 0.706 (0.220) 0.199 0.0039 0.0630
LM2 hy v UM2 ma 448 −0.163 (0.210) 0.156 0.4290 <0.0001
LM2 hy v UM2 hy 412 1 0.070 <0.0001 nc
LM2 en v UM2 pr 475 0.504 (0.217) 0.171 0.0375 0.0019
LM2 en v UM2 hy 412 0.991 (0.161) 0.093 0.0003 0.4788
LM3 pr v UM2 ma 405 0.224 (0.212) 0.181 0.3207 <0.0001
LM3 pr v UM2 hy 405 0.717 (0.317) 0.094 0.0397 0.1930
LM3 ma v UM2 ma 406 1 −0.442 <0.0001 nc
LM3 ma v UM2 hy 406 0.242 (0.281) −0.040 0.4156 0.0150
LM3 pr v UM3 pa 405 0.458 (0.217) 0.186 0.0565 0.0014
LM3 pr v UM3 ma 405 −0.030 (0.243) 0.286 0.9005 0.0001
LM3 en v UM3 pa 382 0.545 (0.191) 0.164 0.0161 0.0018
LM3 en v UM3 ma 382 0.368 (0.228) 0.232 0.1257 0.0008
LM3 hy v UM3 pr 392 0.730 (0.301) 0.220 0.0354 0.1985
LM3 hy v UM3 hy 392 0.372 (0.228) 0.207 0.1435 0.0001
LM3 pr v UM3 pr 405 0.706 (0.374) 0.253 0.0539 0.2461
LM3 pr v UM3 hy 405 0.102 (0.230) 0.327 0.6605 <0.0001
LM3 ma v UM3 pa 406 0.832 (0.133) 0.145 <0.0001 0.0714
LM3 ma v UM3 pr 406 0.571 (0.250) 0.191 0.0371 0.0714
LM3 ma v UM3 ma 406 0.747 (0.253) −0.012 0.0036 0.1487
LM3 ma v UM3 hy 406 0.372 (0.188) 0.109 0.0671 0.0001
LM3 hy v UM3 pa 392 0.351 (0.243) 0.164 0.1758 0.0010
LM3 hy v UM3 ma 392 −0.254 (0.276) 0.428 0.3449 0.0034
LM3 en v UM3 pr 382 0.671 (0.265) 0.138 0.0247 0.1084
LM3 en v UM3 hy 382 0.548 (0.220) 0.010 0.0196 0.0179
a

P(Hypothesis): probability of the hypothesis indicated in the columns below being true given the available pedigreed data; se = standard error; ma = metacone/id area; pr = protocone/id area; pa = paracone area; hy=hypocone/id area; ea = entoconid area; M1 = first molar; nc = not calculable.

*

Right UM data was used in place of left UM data (refer to results section for further discussion).