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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2011 Apr 1;316(5):371–385. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.21410

Table 7.

Comparison of general epistasis pattern with respect to canalization (in direction of increased size) and sign epistasis between early and late generations of the advanced intercross line.

	% sign change(f<0)			% canalizing (f < \|1\|)

Trait	F₂F₃	F₉F₁₀	P (Δ)	F₂F₃	F₉F₁₀	P (Δ)
Femur lt	0.65	18.34	n. s.	50.65	33.56	<0.05
Humerus lt	0.00	21.91	n. s.	59.89	44.27	<0.05
Tibia lt	13.48	8.33	n. s.	47.19	25.00	<0.05
Ulna lt	1.00	2.73	n. s.	55.00	40.91	<0.05
Tail lt	0.65	22.94	n. s.	55.84	34.12	<0.1
Kidney wt	2.42	19.29	n. s.	58.87	38.02	n. s.
Spleen wt	6.87	8.33	n. s.	50.38	38.89	n. s.
Liver wt	6.35	0.00	n. s.	53.97	33.33	n. s.
Body wt	10.08	1.79	n. s.	53.36	60.71	n. s.

P(Δ) : Significance of the difference between the proportions (z-statistic).