Table 2. Parameter configurations used in our simulation study.

		Genetic effecta
Epistatic model	D'	SNP6	SNP10	SNP6×SNP10
	0.9∼1.0	0.020	0.010	0.000
	0.8∼0.9	0.018	0.008	0.004
	0.7∼0.8	0.016	0.006	0.008
	0.6∼0.7	0.014	0.004	0.012

^adenote the phenotypic variance explained by additive effects of causal SNP 6 and SNP 10 as well as interactive effect between SNP 6 and SNP 10, respectively.

^bdenote the phenotypic variance explained by additive effect of causal SNP 8.

^cthe basic parameter configuration is highlighted in bold. Each possible parameter setting can be obtained by replacing one entry of the basic parameter configuration with a different entry of corresponding parameter.