Table 2.
ANOVA results for probability of producing selectable seed, mass of selectable seed produced, and adjusted fitness.
| Overall | Lowland populations | Midland populations | Highland populations | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect | DF† | F | Signif. | DF | F | Signif. | DF | F | Signif. | DF | F | Signif. |
| A. Probability of producing selectable seed | ||||||||||||
| Common garden | 1, 80 | 97.16 | **** | 1, 24 | 0.01 | ns | 1, 24 | 9.47 | ** | 1, 24 | 131.67 | **** |
| Replication | 4, 80 | 1.32 | ns | 4, 24 | 0.47 | ns | 4, 24 | 0.9 | ns | 4, 24 | 0.72 | ns |
| Altitudinal grouping | 2, 80 | 73.73 | **** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CG*Alt | 2, 80 | 57.47 | **** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CG*Population (Alt) | 36, 80 | 8.65 | **** | 12, 24 | 0.46 | ns | 12, 24 | 28.7 | **** | 12, 24 | 2.88 | ** |
| B. Weight of selectable seed (g) | ||||||||||||
| Common garden | 1, 71 | 339.02 | **** | 1, 24 | 226.5 | **** | 1, 19 | 91.8 | **** | 1, 20 | 76.7 | **** |
| Replication | 4, 71 | 3.84 | ** | 4, 24 | 5.33 | ** | 4, 19 | 1.61 | ns | 4, 20 | 0.38 | ns |
| Altitudinal grouping | 2, 71 | 11.35 | **** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CG*Alt | 2, 71 | 11.26 | **** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CG*Population (Alt) | 32, 71 | 2.44 | *** | 12, 24 | 4.19 | *** | 10, 19 | 0.94 | ns | 10, 20 | 2.85 | * |
| C. Adjusted fitness (g) | ||||||||||||
| Common garden | 1, 80 | 706.99 | **** | 1, 24 | 95.39 | **** | 1, 24 | 110 | **** | 1, 24 | 1188.8 | **** |
| Replication | 4, 80 | 0.67 | ns | 4, 24 | 1.59 | ns | 4, 24 | 0.22 | ns | 4, 24 | 0.38 | ns |
| Altitudinal grouping | 2, 80 | 1.15 | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CG*Alt | 2, 80 | 45.02 | **** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CG*Population (Alt) | 36, 80 | 10.9 | **** | 12, 24 | 1.76 | ns | 12, 24 | 14.33 | **** | 12, 24 | 16.56 | **** |
Separate analyses were run with PROC MIXED: overall and by altitudinal grouping of maize populations. Data were collected in 2004 from maize plants grown in a highland garden in San Cristobal de Las Casas and a midland garden in Comitan, Chiapas, Mexico.
<0.05,
<0.01,
<0.001,
<0.0001; †numerator df, denominator df.