This file explains all of the variables in each of the datasets that accompany: Albaladejo et al. 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-019-1325-x). Linking DNA methylation with performance in a woody plant species. dataset: AlbaladejoRG_Pistacia_methylated_epiloci.csv sample_ID = ID_mother&offspring Cohort = mother plant or offspring m1...m107 = methylation-suceptible loci in methylated state, codified according to the "Mixed Scoring 1" (Schulz et al. 2013) dataset: AlbaladejoRG_Pistacia_unmethylated_epiloci.csv sample_ID = ID_mother&offspring Cohort = mother plant or offspring um1...um104 = methylation-suceptible loci in unmethylated state, codified according to the "Mixed Scoring 1" (Schulz et al. 2013) dataset: AlbaladejoRG_Pistacia_microsatellite_genotypes.csv sample_ID = ID_mother&offspring XXX_A = first allele of a diploid microsatellite XXX_B = second allele of a diploid microsatellite dataset: AlbaladejoRG_Pistacia_fitness_measurements.csv sample_ID = ID_mother&offspring Time_to_emergence = days until emergence Early_growth = height in millimeters at day 36th Final_growth = height in millimeters at day 424th Shoot_dry_biomass = milligrams of dry weight Root_dry_biomass = milligrams of dry weight