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Table 2 Partial correlations of floral traits among maternal family means at each of three different positions within racemes, controlling for variation in total flower number.

From: The effect of flower position on variation and covariation in floral traits in a wild hermaphrodite plant

 

Position

Galea Height (cm)

Androecium mass (g)

Anther number

Gynoecium mass (g)

Carpel number

Calyx mass (g)

Galea Height (cm)

Basal

1

0.221 (0.3)

-0.02 (0.926)

0.434 (0.034)

0.222 (0.297)

0.519 (0.009)

 

Middle

 

-0.159 (0.457)

-0.188 (0.379)

0.409 (0.047)

0.208 (0.329)

0.055 (0.799)

 

Distal

 

0.067 (0.755)

-0.242 (0.254)

0.172 (0.422)

0.006 (0.980)

-0.268 (0.206)

Androecium mass (g)

Basal

0.149 (0.002)

1

0.898***

0.722***

0.518 (0.01)

0.765***

 

Middle

0.112 (0.009)

 

0.900***

0.575 (0.003)

0.476 (0.019)

0.474 (0.019)

 

Distal

0.171***

 

0.589 (0.002)

0.360 (0.084)

0.231 (0.278)

0.521 (0.009)

Anther number

Basal

-0.03 (0.535)

0.77***

1

0.666***

0.557 (0.005)

0.631 (0.001)

 

Middle

-0.031 (0.47)

0.742***

 

0.595 (0.002)

0.579 (0.003)

0.384 (0.064)

 

Distal

0.032 (0.502)

0.70***

 

0.573 (0.003)

0.404 (0.050)

0.371 (0.075)

Gynoecium mass (g)

Basal

0.27***

0.41***

0.145 (0.002)

1

0.859***

0.876***

 

Middle

0.253***

0.359***

0.181***

 

0.835***

0.401 (0.052)

 

Distal

0.228***

0.361***

0.17***

 

0.573 (0.003)

0.295 (0.161)

Carpel number

Basal

0.162 (0.001)

0.424***

0.333***

0.738***

1

0.728***

 

Middle

0.113 (0.008)

0.258***

0.254***

0.744***

 

0.066 (0.761)

 

Distal

0.12 (0.012)

0.352***

0.28***

0.715***

 

0.152 (0.478)

Calyx mass (g)

Basal

0.3***

0.723***

0.396***

0.633***

0.535***

1

 

Middle

0.327***

0.694***

0.374***

0.515***

0.339***

 
 

Distal

0.283***

0.644***

0.298***

0.504***

0.378***

 
  1. Genetic correlations among maternal family means occur above the diagonal, n = 25; phenotypic correlations at individual level occur below the diagonal, n = 100. Significant coefficients, following Bonferroni corrections on each correlation matrix using a table-wide p < 0.05, appear in boldface type. *** indicates p <0.0001.