Genetic correlations among multiple heat tolerance traits and other key life history traits

<b>Related article: </b>Trait choice defines the scope for assisted evolution of coral heatwave tolerance <b>Files included: </b><br>1) a series of raw data files containing the experimental and survey-based trait and identity-tracking data<br>2) an R script to read in these data, run supporting analyses and prepare a clean compiled data file<br>3) a clean trait data file for quantitative genetics analyses<br>4) an R script to runn the animal model on the HPC, and associated slurm scheduling script<br>5) one file containing the animal model results after completion on HPC<br>6) an R script for running quantitative genetic analyses and related figures<br><b>Methodological Information: </b>In this paper, we measure four heat tolerance traits and five other fitness-related traits in <i>Acropora digitifera </i>corals in Palau, including wild colonies and bred corals with a known pedigree. We then quantify the genetic variance of these traits, and the genetic correlations among them. We finally run a series of 30-40 year long evolutionary simulations to explore how selection on each one of the four heat tolerance traits influences coral fitness.