Table 3. Average estimates of δ in a half-sib family from a homo-heterozygote sire (family size = 36 or 500) with simulated $f_T=0.5$ and $f_M=0.5$ and varying linkage disequilibrium (δ).

	Estimation method
	HS		ES			MIH
Family size: Simulated δ	36	500	36	500	E(ES)	36	500
0.000	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.001	0.000
0.025	0.025	0.025	0.017	0.018	0.013	0.025	0.025
0.050	0.049	0.050	0.034	0.036	0.025	0.050	0.050
0.075	0.074	0.075	0.049	0.051	0.038	0.074	0.075
0.100	0.098	0.100	0.063	0.064	0.050	0.098	0.100
0.125	0.122	0.125	0.075	0.077	0.063	0.122	0.125
0.150	0.146	0.150	0.087	0.088	0.075	0.146	0.150
0.175	0.170	0.175	0.097	0.098	0.087	0.170	0.175
0.200	0.195	0.200	0.106	0.107	0.100	0.194	0.200
0.225	0.218	0.225	0.115	0.116	0.113	0.218	0.225
0.250	0.243	0.250	0.123	0.125	0.125	0.249	0.250

The number of replicates was 10⁴. HS, Average estimates using the method derived for half-sibs in this article. ES, Average estimates over replicates of linkage disequilibrium using the algorithm of Excoffier and Slatkin (1995). E(ES), Predicted LD using the method of not family structure using the algorithm of Excoffier and Slatkin (1995). MIH, Method of maternal informative haplotypes.