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Table 1 Estimated heritability (%) of genetic effects for ear traits of maize

From: Genome-wide association studies revealed complex genetic architecture and breeding perspective of maize ear traits

Trait

\({h}_A^2\)

\({h}_D^2\)

\({h}_{AA}^2\)

\({h}_{AD}^2\)

\({h}_{DA}^2\)

\({h}_{DD}^2\)

\({h}_{AE}^2\)

\({h}_{DE}^2\)

\({h}_{AAE}^2\)

\({h}_{ADE}^2\)

\({h}_{DAE}^2\)

\({h}_T^2\)

\({h}_{D+}^2\)

\({h}_{GE}^2\)

Weight

11.6

9.43

11.65

4.63

37.31

14.06

16.28

Length

9.91

12.45

1.66

14.18

6.69

10.32

1.08

0.34

56.63

34.40

11.74

Rank Number

6.90

10.07

0.36

2.27

20.23

6.63

1.79

0.47

3.50

52.22

37.86

12.39

Row Number

9.82

8.71

0.59

1.56

7.47

23.8

2.65

1.18

6.56

62.34

49.28

10.39

  1. \({h}_A^2=\) heritability of additive effects; \({h}_D^2=\) heritability of dominance effects; \({h}_{AA}^2=\) heritability of additive × additive epistasis; \({h}_{AD}^2=\) heritability of additive × dominance epistasis; \({h}_{DA}^2=\) heritability of dominance × additive epistasis; \({h}_{DD}^2=\) heritability of dominance × dominance epistasis; \({h}_{AE}^2=\) heritability of additive × environment interaction effects; \({h}_{DE}^2=\) heritability of dominance × environment interaction effects; \({h}_{AAE}^2=\) heritability of additive-additive epistasis × environment interaction effects; \({h}_{ADE}^2=\) heritability of additive-dominance epistasis × environment interaction effects, \({h}_{DAE}^2=\) heritability of dominance-additive epistasis × environment interaction effects, \({h}_T^2=\) total heritability; \({h}_{D+}^2=\) sum of dominance related heritability. \({h}_{GE}^2=\) sum of gene × environment interactions related heritability