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

Table 4 Standardised estimates of effects on the survival rate of kits at birth after averaging of models that satisfy the ΔAICc ≤ 2.0 criterion in the in the Kalinowski 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)	–	2.82 (2.43; 3.20)	–	3.81 (2.75; 4.88)	–
z.F_NEWL	− 0.09 (− 0.13;− 0.04)	1.00	0.01 (− 0.02; 0.02)	0.19	0.03 (− 0.02; 0.08)	0.26
z.F_NEWD	0.00 (− 0.08; 0.07)	0.27	− 0.04 (− 0.08; 0.04)	0.46	− 0.01 (− 0.03; 0.03)	0.12
z.F_A-KL	0.08 (0.01; 0.17)	1.00	0.03 (− 0.02; 0.09)	0.39	0.06 (− 0.06; 0.09)	0.30
Season	− 0.26 (− 0.36;− 0.16)	1.00	− 0.12 (− 0.19;− 0.05)	1.00	− 0.62 (− 0.71;− 0.53)	1.00
Parity A	0.20 (0.06; 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; 0.08)	1.00
Parity C	0.37 (0.19; 0.56)	1.00	0.07 (− 0.03; 0.18)	1.00	− 0.20 (− 0.37;− 0.03)	1.00

Italic characters indicate estimate that differ significantly from zero
z.F_NEWL effect of the standardised new inbreeding coefficient of the litter, z.F_NEWD effect of the standardised new inbreeding coefficient of the dams, z.F_A-KL standardised Kalinowski (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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