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. 2013 Dec 20;4(2):341–347. doi: 10.1534/g3.113.008706

Table 2. Mean estimates (mean) and empirical standard deviations (SD) of QTL effect for different association analyses across a range of relative QTL effects and heritabilities (h2) in simulated human and pig pedigrees.

h2 Human
Pig
QTL Effect MG
GRAMMAR
EBV
IF
MG
GRAMMAR
EBV
IF
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
30% 0.5% 4.01 1.83 2.55 1.18 1.49 0.83 4.02 1.86 4.09 2.01 2.15 1.09 2.64 2.05 4.36 2.85
1% 3.97 1.37 2.53 0.91 1.45 0.64 3.70 1.38 4.05 1.52 2.11 0.82 2.24 1.65 4.15 2.20
2% 3.98 0.95 2.52 0.65 1.47 0.53 3.99 0.98 4.01 1.04 2.09 0.61 1.95 1.26 3.96 1.57
3% 3.97 0.79 2.51 0.53 1.46 0.49 3.96 0.81 3.97 0.86 2.09 0.53 1.90 1.10 3.97 1.25
50% 0.5% 3.90 1.86 1.74 0.86 2.20 1.23 3.91 1.97 4.00 1.93 1.55 0.79 3.45 2.69 4.60 3.14
1% 3.96 1.38 1.77 0.67 2.20 0.95 3.96 1.46 3.97 1.48 1.54 0.63 2.82 2.05 4.08 2.48
2% 4.04 1.01 1.81 0.54 2.25 0.70 4.06 1.05 4.03 1.04 1.57 0.49 2.60 1.64 4.04 1.90
3% 4.05 0.78 1.80 0.42 2.26 0.61 4.06 0.81 3.98 0.83 1.53 0.42 2.47 1.45 3.93 1.61
80% 0.5% 4.01 1.92 0.75 0.44 3.34 1.88 4.07 2.18 4.14 1.81 0.74 0.46 4.63 3.38 5.15 3.58
1% 3.96 1.34 0.74 0.34 3.25 1.36 3.98 1.52 4.02 1.40 0.74 0.39 3.80 2.66 4.38 2.86
2% 3.94 0.96 0.73 0.23 3.18 0.99 3.91 1.09 3.98 0.97 0.73 0.35 3.49 2.13 4.14 2.22
3% 3.98 0.80 0.74 0.28 3.25 0.83 3.99 0.89 3.99 0.78 0.74 0.35 3.26 1.77 3.96 1.80

The simulated QTL effect was always 4. MG, measured genotype; GRAMMAR, genome-wide rapid association using mixed model and regression; EBV, estimated breeding value; IF, ignoring family.