While the estimate of the age difference did not quite reach statistical significance in a two-tailed test (p<0.09), we consider the similarity of the estimates (10% difference) the more salient result.
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However, mean maternal TL, reflecting a similarity between maternal and offspring TL per se (independent of a maternal TL change over time), based on a combination of additive genetic and age-independent maternal effects, was highly significant ( Table 4B ).