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Table 2 Model selection of mixed-effects models based on corrected Akaike’s Information Criterion (AICc) for testing the effects of sMLH and DRB1 gene on parasite resistance as measured by FOC and FEC

From: Both candidate gene and neutral genetic diversity correlate with parasite resistance in female Mediterranean mouflon

  d.f. AICc ΔAICc Weight Model set
FOC
NG 9 379.11 0.00 0.191 all
NG + R2 10 379.53 0.42 0.154 ii
NG + R1 10 380.07 0.97 0.117 ii
NG + HDRB 10 381.08 1.97 0.071 i
NG + sMLH 10 381.27 2.16 0.065 all
NG + R3 10 381.48 2.38 0.058 ii
NG + R1 + R2 11 381.61 2.51 0.054 ii
NG + R2 + R3 11 381.73 2.63 0.051 ii
NG + sMLH + R2 11 381.85 2.74 0.048 ii
NG + sMLH + R1 11 382.30 3.19 0.039 ii
NG + R1 + R3 11 382.50 3.40 0.035 ii
NG + sMLH + HDRB 11 383.26 4.16 0.024 i
NG + sMLH + R3 11 383.67 4.57 0.019 ii
NG + sMLH + R1 + R2 12 383.96 4.85 0.017 ii
NG + R1 + R2 + R3 12 384.00 4.90 0.016 ii
NG + sMLH + R2 + R3 12 384.06 4.96 0.016 ii
NG + sMLH + R1 + R3 12 384.78 5.67 0.011 ii
NG + G_DRB1 13 386.21 7.11 0.005 iii
NG + sMLH + R1 + R2 + R3 13 386.38 7.27 0.005 ii
NG + sMLH + G_DRB1 14 388.65 9.54 0.002 iii
FEC
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + HDRB 8 378.34 0.00 0.298 i
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + R3 8 379.61 1.28 0.158 ii
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + R1 + R3 9 380.61 2.27 0.096 ii
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + R1 + R2 + R3 10 381.07 2.73 0.076 ii
NG + R1 + R3 7 381.52 3.18 0.061 ii
NG + R3 6 381.61 3.28 0.058 ii
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + R2 + R3 9 381.65 3.31 0.057 ii
NG + HDRB 6 382.33 3.99 0.041 i
NG + R1 + R2 + R3 8 382.44 4.11 0.038 ii
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 7 382.90 4.56 0.030 all
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + G_ DRB1 11 383.27 4.93 0.025 iii
NG + R2 + R3 7 383.85 5.51 0.019 ii
NG + G_DRB1 9 384.73 6.40 0.012 iii
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + R1 8 384.87 6.54 0.011 ii
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + R2 8 385.19 6.85 0.010 ii
NG + sMLH + sMLH2 + R1 + R2 9 387.04 8.70 0.004 ii
NG 5 387.61 9.27 0.003 all
NG + R1 6 389.07 10.73 0.001 ii
NG + R2 6 389.63 11.30 0.001 ii
NG + R1 + R2 7 391.33 12.99 0.000 ii
  1. Three sets of genetic models have been tested on FOC and FEC including either (i) the effects of sMLH and DRB1 heterozygosity status (HDRB), (ii) the effects of sMLH and the presence of specific DRB1 alleles or (iii) the effects of sMLH and DRB1genotypes (G_DRB1). d.f. are the degree of freedom, weight is the Akaike weight. NG stands for the non-genetic variables retained from the first step of the modeling approach (see Additional file 1). R1, R2 and R3 stand for DRB1 *0324, DRB1*07012 * and DRB1*0114 alleles, respectively