Litter
| The genotype of the litter |
Mother
| The genotype of the foster mother |
Wt
| Litter average weight gain of the litter, in grams at age 28 days. (The source states that the within-litter variability is negligible.) |
A
, B
, I
and J
. Rice litters were
separated from their natural mothers at birth and given to foster
mothers to rear.Bailey, D. W. (1953) The Inheritance of Maternal Influences on the Growth of the Rat. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of California. Table B of the Appendix.