genotype {MASS} | R Documentation |
Data from a foster feeding experiment with rat mothers and litters of
four different genotypes: A
, B
, I
and J
. Rice litters were
separated from their natural mothers at birth and given to foster
mothers to rear.
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.) |
The data frame has the following components:
Scheffe, H. (1959) The Analysis of Variance Wiley p.140
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 Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of California.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.