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A maternal effect contributes to birth weight in island mice. Birth weight in island and mainland litters (left panel) and F1 hybrids by maternal strain (right panel). Points represent the mean weight of litter. See Methods for statistical details. *p < 0.05, ****p < 0.0001. (Online version in colour.)
