Table S5.

Maximum a posteriori parameter estimates according to heritability of parental susceptibility phenotype

Parameter and definition	ε = 0.001	ε = 0.005	ε = 0.01*	ε = 0.02	ε = 0.10
ι
Fecundity reduction for a fully resistant rat (reference fully susceptible)	0.229	0.231	0.235	0.271	0.376
b
Maximal rat birth rate (log10)
Mumbai	0.024	0.027	0.029	0.031	0.027
Kolkata	0.391	0.045	0.048	0.051	0.037
Belagavi	0.029	0.033	0.036	0.040	0.036
β
Flea–rat contact rate
Mumbai	0.284	0.284	0.286	0.295	0.350
Kolkata	0.232	0.233	0.234	0.246	0.295
Belagavi	0.279	0.280	0.282	0.286	0.317
h
Flea searching efficiency (log10)
Mumbai	−9.744	−9.744	−9.748	−9.745	−10.312
Kolkata	−9.644	−9.644	−9.620	−9.726	−10.289
Belagavi	−7.256	−7.256	−7.252	−7.207	−7.187
α
Seasonal amplitude (flea death rate)
Mumbai	0.092	0.092	0.092	0.101	0.094
Kolkata	0.172	0.172	0.173	0.176	0.151
Belagavi	0.153	0.153	0.153	0.166	0.169
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Day of longest flea survival
Mumbai	January 15	January 15	January 15	January 15	January 15
Kolkata	February 7	February 7	February 7	February 7	February 7
Belagavi	August 4	August 4	August 4	August 4	August 4

^*Posterior distributions for the model fitted with ε = 0.01 are presented in Table S1.