Table 3. Measures of evolvability [e(β)] and the ratio of evolvability calculated with and without genetic covariances (Re) for female (f), male (m), and both-sex (bs) models.
| Description | Estimate (95% CI) |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Evolvability e(βf) | 0.0801 (0.0363, 0.177) |
| Evolvabilitync e(βf)nc | 0.0753 (0.0396, 0.162) |
| Evolvability ratio Re_f [e(βf)/e(βf)nc] | 1.06 (0.631, 1.53) |
| Male | |
| Evolvability e(βm) | 0.0659 (0.0218, 0.235) |
| Evolvabilitync e(βm)nc | 0.0274 (0.0106, 0.120) |
| Evolvability ratio Re_m [e(βm)/e(βm)nc] | 2.41 (1.18, 2.97) |
| Both sexes | |
| Evolvability e(βbs) | 0.121 (0.0626, 0.244) |
| Evolvabilitync e(βbs)nc | 0.0561 (0.0350, 0.128) |
| Evolvability ratio Re_bs_nc [e(βbs)/e(βbs)nc] | 2.15 (1.11, 2.75) |
| Evolvabilitynbs e(βbs)nbs | 0.0829 (0.0475, 0.176) |
| Evolvability ratio Re_bs_nbs [e(βbs)/e(βbs)nbs] | 1.45 (0.883, 1.79) |
| Evolvability ratio Re_bs_nbs.nc [e(βbs)nbs/e(βbs)nc] | 1.48 (0.981, 1.86) |
Evolvability and the 95% CIs are calculated as described in Materials and Methods. nc, all genetic correlations fixed to 0; nbs, between-sex genetic correlations fixed to 0.