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Table 2 Heritability of direct effects for different values of simulated heritability of maternal effects and correlation between maternal and direct effects

From: Accuracy of the unified approach in maternally influenced traits - illustrated by a simulation study in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Simulatedh m 2

Corr(m,d)

Achievedh d 2(SE)

0.150

0

0.162 (0.005)

0.150

−0.46

0.155 (0.005)

0.250

0

0.270 (0.008)

0.250

−0.46

0.259 (0.008)

0.350

0

0.377 (0.011)

0.350

−0.46

0.362 (0.011)

  1. h m 2, Maternal heritability; h d 2, Direct heritability; Corr (m,d) , Correlation between maternal and direct effects; SE, Standard error.