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. 2019 Dec 20;2:478. doi: 10.1038/s42003-019-0719-5

Table 2.

Timing of the first of torpor bout in autumn is heritable.

Trait Sample size (n) Method Fixed effects Fixed effects R2 Genetic variance Error variance Genetic proportion C.I. (95%)
Timing of torpor onset 72 LM Sex, year, Ta 0.2505
LMM 57.06 0.00 1 1–1
MCMCgrm 49.8 0.41 0.99 0.61–0.99

Ta, ambient temperature ≤14 °C, denotes day of placement into hibernaculum