TABLE 9.

Parameter estimates of the MIM model for the rice data

	Backcross to
	indica		japonica
a	6.17		6.31
b	0.1738		0.1481
b	0.4449		0.4192
c		0.2711
		0.2014
		0.0258
		0.0218
		0.0221
R2 (%)d	60.94		64.67

^aμ_j is mean of the model for backcross j (tons/hectare).

^b and are residual and phenotypic variances in (tons/hectare)² for backcross j, respectively.

^c is variance in (tons/hectare)² explained by the regression coefficients of the genetic effects in the model and decomposed in parts due to α, β, γ, and δ.

^d is coefficient of determination.