TABLE 3.
Posterior means (standard deviations) of variance components for yield in wheat and body-mass index in mice, and of
for each of the models, by data set
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| Wheat | P | 0.561 (0.058) | 0.294 (0.056) | — | — |
| M | 0.546 (0.046) | — | — | 19.33 (2.43) | |
| P&M | 0.410 (0.055) | 0.139 (0.046) | — | 18.32 (2.86) | |
| Mice | P | 0.754 (0.038) | 0.092 (0.041) | 0.156 (0.030) | — |
| M | 0.741 (0.037) | — | 0.153 (0.026) | 223.84 (25.78) | |
| P&M | 0.723 (0.032) | 0.021 (0.009) | 0.153 (0.026) | 217.90 (26.26) |
P, infinitesimal models using pedigree; M, model including regressions on markers, but not pedigree information; P&M, model including an infinitesimal additive effect and regressions on markers;
,
,
, and
, residual variance, variance of the infinitesimal additive effect, variance of cage-effects, and smoothing parameter of the BL regression, respectively.



