Table 1.

Results from the variance components analysis of relative gene expression within treatments (ΔCq) and across treatments (ΔΔCq). Significant variance components at the p < 0.05 level are highlighted in bold text.

	hsp60		hsp70		hsp90
	% of total variance	p-value	% of total variance	p-value	% of total variance	p-value
ΔCq 29°C
rookery	22.7	0.215	0.0	0.999	0.0	0.999
clutch	33.3	<0.001	28.0	0.002	23.0	0.009
ΔCq 36°C
rookery	14.6	0.446	3.2	0.792	28.6	0.143
clutch	48.6	<0.001	30.4	<0.001	33.9	<0.001
ΔΔCq
rookery	21.3	0.264	2.9	0.683	30.4	0.037
clutch	39.3	<0.001	4.5	0.442	11.8	0.041