Inbreeding depression for kit survival at birth in a rabbit population under long-term selection

Table 3 Standardised estimates of effects on survival rate of kits at birth after averaging of models that satisfy the ΔAICc ≤ 2.0 criterion in the Ballou-Boakes modelling approach

Variable	Dec 1992 to Aug 1997		Sept 1997 to Oct 2007		Nov 2007 to Nov 2017
Variable	Estimate (95% CI)	RI	Estimate (95% CI)	RI	Estimate (95% CI)	RI
Intercept	3.20 (2.99; 3.40)		2.80 (2.41; 3.18)		3.79 (2.71; 4.86)
z.F_L	− 0.08 (− 0.12; − 0.03)	1.00	0.02 (− 0.02; 0.06)	0.31	0.05 (− 0.02; 0.12)	0.67
z.F_D	0.01 (− 0.07; 0.08)	0.19	− 0.05 (− 0.12; 0.02)	0.43	− 0.03 (− 0.05; 0.04)	0.12
z.F_A-BL	0.04 (− 0.04; 0.13)	0.31	− 0.04 (− 0.14; 0.04)	0.12	− 0.14 (− 0.17; 0.11)	0.22
Season	− 0.25 (− 0.35; − 0.15)	1.00	− 0.12 (− 0.19; − 0.05)	1.00	− 0.61 (− 0.71; − 0.53)	1.00
Parity A	0.19 (0.05; 0.33)	1.00	0.39 (0.28; 0.49)	1.00	0.20 (0.06; 0.34)	1.00
Parity B	0.31 (0.19; 0.43)	1.00	0.30 (0.22; 0.39)	1.00	− 0.03 (− 0.15; 0.09)	1.00
Parity C	0.37 (0.18; 0.55)	1.00	0.08 (− 0.03; 0.18)	1.00	− 0.20 (− 0.37; − 0.03)	1.00

Italic characters indicate estimates, which differ significantly from zero
z.F_L effect of the standardised inbreeding coefficient of the litter, z.F_D effect of the standardised inbreeding coefficient of dams, z.F_A-BL effect of the standardised ancestral inbreeding coefficient of the litter, Season effect of the of kindling season compared to summer, Parity A effect of the second parity compared to the first parity, Parity B effect of parities 3–10 compared to the first parity, Parity C effect of parities 11+ compared to the first parity, RI relative importance

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