We used the BayesCπ model because of its robustness to a large range of trait genetic architecture in terms of number of QTLs.
We finally show that our indicators capture a large range of behavioral traits using factor analysis and that the framework can be used to predict other indicators of vulnerability such as age or socio-economic status.
Importantly, by substantially increasing the size of our dataset we can also compare the heritabilities of a large range of immune traits, and their associations with performance, between high and lower health status environments.
Although our samples shows variability over a large range of the psychopathic traits, it is an open and interesting research question if the reported relationships also holds for high-end psychopathy.
A large range of variation was found for all traits, as also shown in Figure 1.
A full understanding of the manipulative processes undeniably requires the study of a larger range of behavioral traits in infected hosts than just the most obviously modified one, that is, orientation behavior (Thomas et al. 2005; Thomas, Rigaud, and Brodeur 2010).
If on the other hand, the measured trait were the mechanism conferring the tolerance (i.e., a physiological trait), the species found on the large range of less extreme soil values could show a constrained trait value and a higher K statistic could be expected.
Last but not least, genetic variation and thus heritability strongly depends on the QTLs segregating in each cross, as suggested by the large range of estimates among studies for a given trait.
The in silico experiments performed in the present study, by varying either organ geometry or branching traits in the first year of tree development, generated a large range of tree architectures with different TLA and STAR values.
A large range of methods is presently available for assessing the role of imprinting in complex and quantitative traits.
