R: Blue Tit Data for a Quantitative Genetic Experiment

BTdata {MCMCglmm} | R Documentation

## Blue Tit Data for a Quantitative Genetic Experiment

### Description

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) Data for a Quantitative Genetic Experiment

### Usage

    data(BTdata)

### Format

a data frame with 828 rows and 7 columns, with variables tarsus length (`tarsus`) and colour (`back`) measured on 828 individuals (`animal`). The mother of each is also recorded (`dam`) together with the foster nest (`fosternest`) in which the chicks were reared. The date on which the first egg in each nest hatched (`hatchdate`) is recorded together with the sex (`sex`) of the individuals.

### References

Hadfield, J.D. et. al. 2007 Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20 549-557

### See Also

BTped

[Package MCMCglmm version 2.32 Index]