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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Genet. 2009 Apr 18;39(3):255–264. doi: 10.1007/s10519-009-9270-3

Table 6.

Estimates of genetic and environmental variances and genetic and environmental correlations (and 95% confidence intervals) from full- and best-fitting models

Model Variance components
Covariances
Orientation/engagement Autistic-like behavior

Common
Unique

a 2 c 2 e 2 a 2 c 2 e 2 a 2 c 2 e 2 r g r c r e
Full 0.26
(0.06; 0.46)
0.13
(0.01; 0.30)
0.61
(0.50; 0.73)
0.38
(0.14; 59)
0.21
(0.04; 0.40)
0.01
(0.00; 0.03)
0.00
(−0.43; 0.43)
0.00
(−0.34; 0.34)
0.40
(0.32; 0.51)
−1.0
(−1.0; −0.39)
1.0
(0.07; 1.0)
−0.12
(−0.26; 0.01)
Reduced 0.30
(0.14; 0.45)
0.11
(0.02; 0.25)
0.59
(0.49; 0.70)
0.39
(0.19; 0.58)
0.21
(0.05; 0.38)
0.00
(−0.30; 0.30)
0.00
(−0.30; 0.30)
0.40
(0.30; 0.50)
−1.0
(−1.0; −0.62)
1.0
(0.23; 1.0)

a2 genetic variance, c2 shared environmental variance, e2 nonshared environmental variance, rg genetic correlation, rc shared environmental correlation, re nonshared environmental correlation