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. 2014 Dec 4;42(1):88–98. doi: 10.1007/s11692-014-9301-8

Table 2.

Likelihood-ratio tests of variance components

Modela No. Test log(L) Δlog(L) P Significance of…
Tarsus length
E 1 −56.21
E Q 2 2 versus 1 −56.21 0 Experimental quartet effect
E R 3 3 versus 1 45.32 101.52 <0.001 Nest-of-rearing effect
E R O 4 4 versus 3 69.67 24.35 <0.001 Nest-of-origin effect
E R O A 5 5 versus 4 72.55 2.88 0.008 Additive genetic effect (V A)
E R O Age(A) 6 6 versus 5 73.14 0.58 0.146 Age dependence of V A
Age(E) R O A 7 7 versus 5 73.34 0.79 0.103 Age dependence of residual variance (V E)
Age(E) R O Age(A) 8 8 versus 7 73.35 0.01 0.499 Test for confounding effect of V E on V A
8 versus 6 73.35 0.78 0.103
Body mass
E 1 −302.24
E Q 2 2 versus 1 300.09 2.14 0.038 Experimental quartet effect
E Q R 3 3 versus 2 156.61 143.47 <0.001 Nest-of-rearing effect
E Q R O 4 4 versus 3 134.18 22.43 <0.001 Nest-of-origin effect
E Q R O A 5 5 versus 4 −133.27 0.91 0.061 Additive genetic effect (V A)
PHA response
E 1 360.21
E Q 2 2 versus 1 367.87 7.61 <0.001 Experimental quartet effect
E Q R 3 3 versus 2 415.13 47.3 <0.001 Nest-of-rearing effect (V R)
E Q R O 4 4 versus 3 430.06 14.94 <0.001 Nest-of-origin effect (V O)
E Q R O A 5 5 versus 4 431.64 1.57 0.003 Additive genetic effect (V A)
E Q R O Age(A) 6 6 versus 5 447.96 16.33 <0.001 Age dependence of V A
Age(E) Q R O A 7 7 versus 5 431.65 0.01 0.499 Age dependence of residual variance (V E)
Age(E) Q R O Age(A) 8 8 versus 6 448 0.04 0.479 Test for confounding effect of V E on V A
8 versus 7 448 16.35 <0.001 Age dependence of V A in presence of age-dependent V E
E Q R O Age(A)b 9 9 versus 6 448.02 0.06 0.485 Cross-age genetic covariance lower than unity
E Q Age(R) Age(O) Age(A) 10 10 versus 6 449.09 2.77 0.09 Test for confounding effect of V R and V O on V A
E Q Age(R) O Age(A) 11 11 versus 6 449.08 2.76 0.09 Test for confounding effect of V R on V A
E Q R Age(O) Age(A) 12 12 versus 6 447.95 0.01 0.99 Test for confounding effect of V O on V A

Bold indicates significant results in model comparisons

log(L), logarithm of likelihood; Δlog(L), difference in log-likelihoods of the more complex and simpler model; P, significance of the random effect added in the more complex model, as compared to the simpler model; Test, which models were compared. The last column provides the interpretation of each model comparison

aTerms in models are labelled in the following way: E, residual variance; Q, quartet; R, nest of rearing; O, nest of origin; A, additive genetic effect; Age(X), (constrained) age-dependent covariance matrix is fitted (cross-age correlations constrained to unity for A and zero for E)

bResulting covariance matrix is unconstrained (covariance is estimated)