Table 6.
Factors affecting the covariation between behavioural and life-history traits in seed beetles. In this multivariate LMM, the first set of canonical variates was used as the response variable (see main text for further details). mtDNA, mitochondrial haplotype; nDNA, nuclear genetic background. p < 0.05 is highlighted in italic.
| variables | Wald statistic | df | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| mtDNA | 6.92 | 6 | 0.33 |
| nDNA | 44.75 | 4 | <0.001 |
| sex | 1023.19 | 4 | <0.001 |
| mtDNA × nDNA | 26.46 | 12 | 0.009 |
| mtDNA × sex | 3.16 | 9 | 0.96 |
| nDNA × sex | 28.06 | 6 | <0.001 |