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. 2016 Jan 6;116(3):338–347. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2015.112

Table 3. The indirect effects of male age and mitochondrial and nuclear genetic variation on female actuarial ageing.

Response variable Female longevity, n=945
Female survival, n=945
  Coef s.e. χ2 d.f. P Coef s.e. χ2 d.f. P
Fixed effects
 Male age     6.9 5 0.2273     25.8 5 <0.0001
 Female weight 0.36 0.38 0.9 1 0.3520 –0.0003 0.0004 1.3 1 0.2456
 Lifetime fecundity –2.07 0.42 23.9 1 <0.0001 0.005 0.001 47.5 1 <0.0001
 Mitochondrial lineage     4.7 2 0.0936     3.3 2 0.1953
 Nuclear lineage     1.7 2 0.4270     0.3 2 0.8810
 Mito × Nuc     2.7 4 0.6078     1.4 4 0.8457
 Age × Mito     18.5 10 0.0466     18.0 10 0.0553
 Age × Nuc     15.7 10 0.1098     10.7 10 0.3836
 Age × Mito × Nuc     27.7 20 0.1159     24.6 20 0.2155
Random effects Variance (σ2)
Variance (σ2)
 Line 0.00 0.0042
 Male ID 1.03 0.19

Abbreviations: Coef, coefficient; d.f., degrees of freedom; Mito, mitochondrial lineage; Nuc, nuclear lineage. P< 0.05 highlighted in bold.