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- Genetic covariance between indices of body condition and immunocompetence in a passerine bird

Table 1

Observed components of variance for ten types of relatives.

Observed component (yi)
Method and types of relatives used to obtain component
Immune response
Body condition
Covariance
y1
covariance between sire and offspring
0.003
0.106
0.019
y2
covariance between nurse and offspring where the nurse is not the genetic dam
0.002
-0.122
-0.013
y3
covariance between dam and offspring where the offspring was nursed by an unrelated dam
0.01
0.119
0.002
y4
covariance between dam and offspring, where the dam is also the nurse.
0.006
0.022
0.022
y5
covariance between full sibs raised by different nurses
0.010
0.328
0.025
y6
covariance between unrelated sibs where the offspring were nursed by an unrelated dam
0.225
0.179
0.066
y7
covariance between full sibs raised by different nurses
0.002
0.239
-0.002
y8
covariance between unrelated sibs raised the same nurse
0.002
0.076
0.012
Y9
covariance between unrelated sibs, each nursed by the genetic dam of the other
-0.215
0.149
-0.042
Y10
variance among full sibs all with the same nurse
0.031
0.609
0.011

Definitions modified from Riska et al. [42]. Further details are in the Methods.

Gleeson et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005 5:61   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-61

Table 2

Design matrix (X) displaying theoretical causal components of observed variances and covariances.

Observed component
Causal components


σ2AO
σ2DO
σAOAM
σ2AM
σ2DM+C
σ2E
Y1
0.5
0
0.25
0
0
0
Y2
0
0
0.75
0.5
0
0
Y3
0.5
0
0.25
0
0
0
Y4
0.5
0
1.25
0.5
0
0
Y5
0.5
0.25
1
1
1
0
Y6
0.5
0.25
0
1
1
0
Y7
0.5
0.25
0.5
0
0
0
Y8
0
0
0.5
1
1
0
Y9
0
0
1
0
0
0
Y10
0.5
0.75
0
0
0
1

σAO2 = additive direct genetic variance, σDO2 = dominance direct genetic variance, σAOAM = direct-maternal additive genetic covariance, σAM2 = additive maternal (or 'indirect') genetic variance, σ2DM+C = dominance maternal genetic variance and common environmental variance (maternal and cage), and σE2 = residual environmental variance. Further details are in the Methods.

Gleeson et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005 5:61   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-61

Table 3

Genetic and non-genetic sources of variance and covariance.

source of variation
immune response bi ± SE
body condition bi ± SE
covariance bi ± SE
σAO2
0.034 ± 0.016*
0.149 ± 0.156
0.053 ± 0.024*
σDO2
0.069 ± 0.062
0.386 ± 0.526
0.010 ± 0.110
σAOAM
-0.044 ± 0.026
0.142 ± 0.178
-0.035 ± 0.029
σAM2
0.079 ± 0.046
-0.457 ± 0.346
0.051 ± 0.055
σ2DM+C
-0.055 ± 0.033
0.465 ± 0.327
-0.018 ± 0.049
σE2
-0.038 ± 0.049
0.245 ± 0.385
-0.023 ± 0.080
σP2
0.045 ± 0.101
0.929 ± 0.841
0.037 ± 0.159

σAO2 = additive direct genetic variance, σDO2 = dominance direct genetic variance, σAOAM = direct-maternal additive genetic covariance, σAM2 = additive maternal (or 'indirect') genetic variance, σ2DM+C = dominance maternal genetic variance and common environmental variance (maternal and cage), and σE2 = residual environmental variance. Asterisks denote statistical significance (* p

Gleeson et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005 5:61   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-61

 


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