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Table 2 Genetic correlations (± SE) between shell length, number of oviposited eggs, and immune parameters

From: Potential for adaptation to climate change: family-level variation in fitness-related traits and their responses to heat waves in a snail population

 

Shell length

Number of eggs

Haemocyte concentration

PO-like activity

Antibacterial activity

shell length

 

0.969*** (±0.017)

0.175 (±0.444)

0.708** (±0.192)

−0.153 (±0.267)

number of eggs

0.925*** (±0.048)

 

−0.110 (±0.538)

0.470 (±0.356)

0.160 (±0.317)

haemocyte concentration

0.140 (±0.315)

0.079 (±0.306)

 

−0.039 (±0.734)

−0.362 (±0.455)

PO-like activity

0.418 (±0.273)

0.329 (±0.283)

0.956*** (±0.026)

 

−0.348 (±0.387)

antibacterial activity

−0.453 (±0.273)

−0.641** (±0.194)

−0.079 (±0.317)

−0.270 (±0.304)

 
  1. Estimates are calculated separately at 15 °C (bold values above the diagonal) and 25 °C (values below the diagonal). Significance levels (t-tests): * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001