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