Table 4.
Heritability estimates for quantitative traits in the BXD population, measured on postnatal days 7, 8, and 9.
| Phenotype | Postnatal day | H2 estimate | 100,000 permutations, 95% data max H2 | 100,000 permutations, 95% data min H2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of calls | 7 | 0.359 | 0.422 | 0.315 |
| Number of calls | 8 | 0.418 | 0.478 | 0.370 |
| Number of calls | 9 | 0.314 | 0.397 | 0.252 |
| Duration of calls | 7 | 0.640 | 0.684 | 0.609 |
| Duration of calls | 8 | 0.698 | 0.747 | 0.663 |
| Duration of calls | 9 | 0.625 | 0.677 | 0.590 |
| Frequency of calls | 7 | 0.507 | 0.621 | 0.450 |
| Frequency of calls | 8 | 0.347 | 0.535 | 0.302 |
| Frequency of calls | 9 | 0.438 | 0.555 | 0.394 |
| Amplitude of calls | 7 | 0.586 | 0.637 | 0.552 |
| Amplitude of calls | 8 | 0.619 | 0.682 | 0.587 |
| Amplitude of calls | 9 | 0.581 | 0.633 | 0.548 |
Heritability was estimates using an ANOVA model, and this was repeated 100,000 times using random sub-samples of 95% of the data. Max heritability is the large heritability estimate in the 100,000 replicates and min heritability is the lowest heritability estimate in the 100,000 replicates.