Table 2.

Intercept (a) and slope (b) values of regression eqs. (Y = a + bX), predicting the significant threshold (−Log₁₀ P-value), as a function of the marker-based heritability (X) in maize, soybean, and rice

	Maize				Soybean				Rice
Repetition	Constant	Slope	R2	P-value	Constant	Slope	R2	P-value	Constant	Slope	R2	P-value
1	2.49	0.032	0.15	0.008	2.10	0.027	0.45	4.4e-07	2.59	0.016	0.11	0.02
2	2.91	0.022	0.10	0.03	2.05	0.030	0.40	2.9e-06	2.58	0.015	0.11	0.02
3	2.71	0.031	0.14	0.01	2.09	0.033	0.22	0.001	2.52	0.017	0.18	0.004
4	2.93	0.019	0.13	0.01	2.20	0.026	0.36	1.3e-05	2.26	0.021	0.19	0.003
5	2.75	0.024	0.11	0.02	2.01	0.032	0.40	3.7e-06	2.33	0.022	0.20	0.002
6	2.88	0.022	0.09	0.04	2.28	0.027	0.42	1.3e-06	2.62	0.016	0.13	0.01
7	2.87	0.022	0.15	0.008	2.18	0.026	0.40	3.6e-06	2.62	0.020	0.11	0.02
8	2.75	0.026	0.13	0.01	2.16	0.027	0.36	1.5e-05	2.41	0.017	0.21	0.001
9	2.47	0.034	0.12	0.01	2.10	0.030	0.39	3.9e-06	2.64	0.017	0.14	0.01
10	2.68	0.027	0.13	0.01	2.14	0.028	0.39	4.0e-06	2.51	0.018	0.19	0.003
All Raw Data	2.77	0.025	0.14	7.6e-15	2.16	0.028	0.35	<  2.2e-16	2.53	0.017	0.15	2.8e-16