TABLE 1.
Monte Carlo estimates of posterior means of chosen parameters (posterior standard deviations in parentheses) based on SMMupe
 |
 |
ρu | ρp | ρe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landrace | 0.08 (0.02) | 0.24 (0.06) | 0.16 (0.19) | 0.07 (0.32) | 0.01 (0.06) |
| Yorkshire | 0.07 (0.02) | 0.29 (0.04) | −0.21 (0.16) | −0.24 (0.44) | −0.73 (0.03) |
| MSE | 0.63 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 1.0 |
h2, heritability with subscripts L (litter size) and W (average piglet weight) for nT = 25 individuals; ρ, correlations with subscripts u, p, and e involving additive genetic, permanent, and environmental effects; MSE, Monte Carlo standard error ×104.