Table 1. Mixed model nested analyses of variance for egg-to-adult viability and adult male and female viability.
Trait | Source of variance | df | F value | P value |
Egg-to-adult viability | Sire1a | 35 | 1.62 | 0.044 |
Dam (Sire) | 66 | 1.91 | ≪0.001 | |
Residual | 1756 | |||
Adult male viability | Sire1b | 35 | 1.85 | 0.017 |
Dam (Sire) | 62 | 2.21 | ≪0.001 | |
Residual | 616 | |||
Adult female viability | Sire1c | 35 | 1.30 | 0.18 |
Dam (Sire) | 61 | 2.22 | ≪0.001 | |
Residual | 555 |
Satterthwaite's approximation of the error term to account for unequal sample sizes of offspring within sire (denominator's degrees of freedom, a: 70.32, b: 64.24, c: 61.89).