... 8 -10 0Tantawy A.O. (19 57) Genetic variance of random-inbred lines of Drosophila melanogasterin relationto coefficients of inbreeding. Genetics 42, 12 1 -13 6Wright S. (19 51) ... (Rasmuson, 19 52; Kidwell and Kidwell, 19 66);egg-laying of virgin females in Iribolium castaneum (Lopez-Fanjul and Jodar, 19 77); and litter size in mice (Bowman and Falconer, 19 60). ... estimates of CV2(VAt) pooled over experiments were 0 .12 , 1. 11 and 1. 33 at generations 0, 4 and 10 ,respectively. The first coincides with its predicted value of 1/ N (0 .12 for...