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Table 3 V A , V D , broad sense heritability (h B 2) and average degree of dominance (D*) for Z1 and Z2 across five environments

From: Quantitative trait locus analysis of heterosis for plant height and ear height in an elite maize hybrid zhengdan 958 by design III

Linear transformations

Parameter

Trait

PH

EH

Z1

V A a

1543.45**

762.28**

h B 2

0.94

0.94

CI (h B 2)c

(0.93, 0.95)

(0.92, 0.95)

Z2

V D b

2134.61**

769.06**

h B 2

0.86

0.77

CI (h B 2)

(0.83,0.89)

(0.72,0.81)

 

D*

0.83

0.71

  1. * P ≤ 0.05; ** P ≤ 0.01
  2. aadditive variance; bdominance variance; c95% confidence interval