TABLE 5.

Average estimates (mean) for QTL positions (P1, P2) with associated root mean squared error (RMSE) and quantiles together with mean estimates of the residual variance σ̂r2 and the observed power (%) for different scenarios: 200 F2 individuals per simulated experiment and 1000 replications per scenario

	Reduced model		Individual model		RIM		MIM
	P1	P2	P1	P2	P1	P2	P1	P2
Scenario 1
Mean	32.58		32.53		32.73		32.40
RMSE	10.71		10.79		10.78		10.89
5% quantile	9.00		9.00		9.00		9.00
95% quantile	48.00		48.00		48.00		48.00
	9.49		9.38		9.50		9.37
Power	81.70		81.80		81.70		81.90
Scenario 2
Mean	34.82		34.87		34.88		34.68
RMSE	2.80		2.66		2.68		2.57
5% quantile	31.00		31.00		31.00		31.00
95% quantile	39.00		39.00		39.00		39.00
	1.04		0.99		1.04		0.99
Power	100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00
Scenario 3
Mean	21.67	38.38	23.70	36.70	22.22	37.82	24.70	34.89
RMSE	4.20	4.17	2.03	2.02	4.29	4.25	1.35	1.38
5% quantile	17.00	35.00	22.00	34.00	17.00	32.00	23.00	33.00
95% quantile	25.00	42.00	26.00	38.00	28.00	42.00	27.00	37.00
	0.27		0.18		0.28		0.19
Power	100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00
Scenario 4
Mean	34.03	46.22	33.56	46.70	34.13	46.09	32.29	44.44
RMSE	5.36	5.50	5.26	5.47	5.51	5.55	6.47	3.72
5% quantile	24.50	41.00	24.00	41.00	24.00	41.00	21.00	41.00
95% quantile	39.00	56.50	39.00	57.00	39.00	57.00	39.00	52.00
	1.21		0.93		1.23		1.04
Power	99.20		99.40		99.60		100.00