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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2018 Sep 24;197:51–66. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.09.013

Table 1.

Heritability estimates and genetic variance in B6/D2-F2 mice.

Females + Males
Chromosome 6
Chromosome 11
2 4 9 11 16 18 slope L/D 2 4 9 11 16 18 slope L/D
Parental
h2 27% 39% 43% 57% 57% 68% 41% 69% 27% 39% 43% 57% 57% 68% 41% 69%
% Phen.
Var.
Explained 0% 0% 5% 3% 11% 4% 8% 7% 1% 0% 1% 2% 5% 8% 19% 3%
% Gen.
Var.
Explained 0% 0% 5% 2% 10% 11% 2% 3% 4% 0% 1% 2% 6% 8% 26% 2%

Females

Chromosome 6
Chromosome 11
2 4 9 11 16 18 slope L/D 2 4 9 11 16 18 slope L/D
Parental
h2 54% 59% 59% 78% 72% 75% 33% 78% 54% 59% 59% 78% 72% 75% 33% 78%
% Phen. 6% 12% 0% 15% 1% 1% 6% 12% 1% 0% 1% 3% 3% 5% 12% 1%
Var.
Explained
% Gen.
Var.
Explained 11% 20% 0% 19% 1% 2% 18% 15% 2% 1% 3% 3% 4% 7% 36% 1%

Males

Chromosome 6
Chromosome 11
2 4 9 11 16 18 slope L/D 2 4 9 11 16 18 slope L/D
Parental
h2 4% 17%
24% 35% 39% 56% 53% 58% 4% 17% 24% 35% 39% 56% 53% 58%
% Phen.
Var.
Explained 3% 2% 14% 9% 21% 18% 14% 35% 2% 0% 0% 2% 14% 13% 39% 11%
% Gen.
Var.
Explained 84% 10% 58% 25% 55% 31% 26% 60% 59% 0% 1% 5% 36% 23% 72% 19%

Highlighted cells correspond to significant differences in phenotype in the F2 mice.