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. 2014 Feb;10(2):20140043. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0043

Table 2.

Linear selection differentials calculated via the number of lambs produced, weaned and recruited, on horn length and body mass of bighorn rams at Ram Mountain, Canada, 1988–1992 and 1996–2011. Different superscripts indicate significant differences between selection differentials.

traits fitness proxy linear selection differential ± s.e. t p
horn length production 0.934 ± 0.006a 9.675 <0.001
horn length weaning 0.939 ± 0.007a 9.403 <0.001
horn length recruitment 1.065 ± 0.009b 7.004 <0.001
body mass production 0.853 ± 0.007c 9.764 <0.001
body mass weaning 0.844 ± 0.008c 9.352 <0.001
body mass recruitment 0.885 ± 0.010d 7.188 <0.001