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. 2014 Feb 26;9(2):e90142. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090142

Table 3. Heritability (±s.e.) for male morphotypes and female reproductive statuses estimated with four different statistical models.

Sex Traits Model σA 2S 2) σE 2 h2 (underlying) h2 (observed)
Male SM 1 Animal 0.0733 0.0584 0.56±0.04
2 Sire 0.01530 0.0981 0.54±0.05
3 Logit 1.041 1 0.96±0.09 0.42
4 Probit 0.315 1 0.98±0.09 0.43
OC 1 Animal 0.0357 0.196 0.15±0.02
2 Sire 0.0123 0.214 0.22±0.03
3 Logit 0.2350 1 0.27±0.04 0.17
4 Probit 0.0892 1 0.33±0.05 0.21
BC 1 Animal 0.0241 0.113 0.18±0.02
2 Sire 0.735×10−2 0.122 0.20±0.03
3 Logit 0.348 1 0.38±0.05 0.10
4 Probit 0.108 0.39±0.05 0.10
OBC 1 Animal 0.0089 0.0491 0.15±0.02
2 Sire 0.421×10−2 0.0530 0.29±0.04
3 Logit 0.649 1 0.66±0.09 0.20
4 Probit 0.161 1 0.55±0.08 0.17
NC 1 Animal 0.518×10−3 0.0454 0.015±0.007
2 Sire 0.364×10−3 0.0456 0.034±0.016
3 Logit 0.121 1 0.14±0.08 0.03
4 Probit 0.0239 1 0.09±0.06 0.02
Female MOF 1 Animal 0.225×10−4 0.187 0.001±0.003
2 Sire 0.117×10−7 0.187 n.e.
3 Logit 0.287×10−4 1 n.e.
4 Probit 0.224×10−3 1 0.001±0.002
BF 1 Animal 0.686×10−2 0.205 0.03±0.01
2 Sire 0.390×10−2 0.208 0.07±0.02
3 Logit 0.089 1 0.10±0.02 0.06
4 Probit 0.0326 1 0.13±0.07 0.08
SF 1 Animal 0.0107 0.1994 0.05±0.01
2 Sire 0.486×10−2 0.204 0.09±0.02
3 Logit 0.112 1 0.13±0.03 0.08
4 Probit 0.414 1 0.16±0.03 0.10

1 = LMM animal model, 2 =  LMM sire model, 3  =  GLMM sire model using logit link function, and 4 =  GLMM sire model using probit link function.

σA 2  =  Genetic variance (model 1), σS 2  =  Sire variance (models 2, 3 and 4) and σE 2  =  Environmental variance, n.e.  =  non-estimable.

Trait abbreviation in Table 1.