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. 2005 Apr;169(4):2267–2275. doi: 10.1534/genetics.104.033217

TABLE 3.

Results of the simulation experiment under the single-QTL model (50 replications)

Variance
Heritability
QTL Power (%) Position
(cM)
QTL(σ2u) Polygene(σ2v) Residual (σ2) QTL(h2u) Polygene(h2v)
1
 True value 56.00 50.0000 2.5000 0.3000
 Estimate 94 56.28
(2.68)
67.1193
(29.8300)
92.8245
(28.7283)
3.3223
(4.5495)
0.4042
(0.1201)
0.5766
(0.1272)
2
 True value 142.00 33.3333 2.5000 0.2000
 Estimate 86 141.92
(5.08)
59.0012
(30.1816)
101.2365
(28.0739)
4.8061
(4.5128)
0.3509
(0.1336)
0.6204
(0.1321)
3
 True value 141.00 33.3333 2.5000 0.2000
 Estimate 84 142.58
(4.39)
53.4422
(27.2483)
108.9404
(35.5669)
3.9165
(4.1938)
0.3215
(0.1349)
0.6558
(0.1394)
4
 True value 176.00 16.6667 2.5000 0.1000
 Estimate 82 178.67
(9.87)
50.7666
(26.4947)
101.6241
(34.4699)
4.4681
(4.6572)
0.3249
(0.1442)
0.6486
(0.1509)
5
 True value 87.00 16.6667 2.5000 0.1000
 Estimate 44 83.15
(14.02)
38.6235
(23.8458)
122.2050
(44.2634)
4.8012
(5.1568)
0.2473
(0.1573)
0.7250
(0.1618)
6
 True value 123.00 8.3333 2.5000 0.0500
 Estimate 18 118.97
(6.31)
28.1781
(21.9769)
129.0334
(41.1543)
4.2142
(4.9946)
0.1783
(0.1354)
0.7967
(0.1401)
7
 True value 0.00 3.3333 2.5000 0.0200
 Estimate  6 0.00
(0.00)
5.4262
(7.5327)
144.1987
(38.1987)
4.3689
(5.1116)
0.0379
(0.0563)
0.9352
(0.0643)
8
 True value 0.00 2.5000 2.5000 0.0150
 Estimate  2 0.00
(0.00)
7.6491
(9.8328)
142.9929
(38.4481)
4.2194
(4.9936)
0.0524
(0.0717)
0.9217
(0.0761)

The estimated parameters were obtained from the average of 50 replicated simulations with the standard deviations among the replicates given in parentheses.