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. 2011 Sep 22;6(9):e24902. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024902

Table 3. The MLEs and standard errors (in the parenthesis) of the model parameters and the QTL position derived from 100 simulation replicates.

HInline graphic = 0.1 HInline graphic = 0.4
True Parameters n = 100 n = 400 n = 100 n = 400
QTL position
Inline graphic = 48 47.84(11.22) 47.16(3.83) 47.98(5.17) 48.12(1.55)
Mean Parameters for Inline graphic
Inline graphic = 1.234 1.259(0.23) 1.227(0.12) 1.209(0.10) 1.213(0.04)
Inline graphic = 7.708 7.458(0.41) 7.343(0.21) 7.383(0.18) 7.370(0.09)
Inline graphic = 10.628 11.461(0.56) 11.466(0.29) 11.469(0.31) 11.470(0.14)
Inline graphic = 6.094 6.550(0.61) 6.481(0.29) 6.520(0.23) 6.517(0.14)
Inline graphic = 6.294 6.659(0.59) 6.593(0.27) 6.661(0.24) 6.625(0.13)
Mean Parameters for Inline graphic
Inline graphic = 1.146 1.203(0.23) 1.196(0.12) 1.170(0.17) 1.175(0.04)
Inline graphic = 6.674 6.996(0.43) 7.017(0.22) 7.025(0.20) 7.011(0.09)
Inline graphic = 13.214 12.340(0.61) 12.397(0.30) 12.393(0.31) 12.369(0.14)
Inline graphic = 7.345 6.895(0.70) 6.930(0.33) 6.926(0.27) 6.907(0.14)
Inline graphic = 7.290 6.958(0.68) 6.954(0.32) 6.963(0.26) 6.942(0.13)
Covariance parameters
Inline graphic = 0.95 0.948(0.05) 0.946(0.03) 0.944(0.036) 0.945(0.02)
Inline graphic Inline graphic = 0.923 Inline graphic = 0.154
2.575(0.92) 2.662(0.48) 0.542(0.61) 0.520(0.10)

Data were simulated with the proposed mixture multivariate Inline graphic model, but analyzed with the mixture multivariate normal model (MVTN).