Table 1. Simulation parameters.
QTLs (no.) | δ values | QTL distribution | Replicates (no.) | Largest QTL variancea (%) |
3,000 | 0; 0.2; 0.4; 0.6; 1.0 | Normal | 100 | 0.60 (0.43–1.10) |
Heavy tailed | 100 | 4.76 (1.89–24.14) |
Expressed as percentage of total variance; numbers in parentheses are the range for 100 replicates.