The microbial environment modulates non-genetic maternal effects on egg immunity

Table 2 Adjusted repeatabilities of egg innate immune function for individual female zebra finches

Immune index		R_adj	SE	95% CI (lower, upper)	P
Albumen lysozyme
log-scale (mg ml⁻¹)		0.268	0.095	0.073, 0.442	0.001
Albumen ovotransferrin (mg ml⁻¹)		0	0.052	0, 0.17	1.000
Yolk IgY concentration (OD_405nm)		0.804	0.113	0.503, 0.923	0.001
Multivariate immune index	High diversity PCo 1	0.214	0.2	0, 0.568	0.131
	High diversity PCo 2	0.406	0.18	0, 0.701	0.011
	Low diversity PCo 1	0	0.068	0, 0.236	1.000
	Low diversity PCo 2	0.277	0.141	0, 0.549	0.010

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