Table 2.
Empirical power estimates in the absence of population substructure
| ρ | Q | D ' | MMASTOR | MFBAT | MFQLS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantitative phenotypes | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.5180 | 0.2025 | 0.5830 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0.7235 | 0.3750 | 0.7805 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0.7800 | 0.3855 | 0.7870 | ||
| 5 | 0.5 | 0.9200 | 0.6430 | 0.9240 | ||
| 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0.4915 | 0.1655 | 0.5400 | |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0.6785 | 0.3340 | 0.7505 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0.7015 | 0.3020 | 0.7350 | ||
| 5 | 0.5 | 0.8725 | 0.5405 | 0.8885 | ||
| Dichotomous phenotypes | ρ | Q | D' | MMQLS | MFBAT | MFQLS |
| 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.2015 | 0.0530 | 0.2340 | |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0.3050 | 0.1070 | 0.3470 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0.3205 | 0.0995 | 0.3710 | ||
| 5 | 0.5 | 0.6215 | 0.2460 | 0.6660 | ||
| 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0.1795 | 0.0535 | 0.2130 | |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0.2945 | 0.0915 | 0.3270 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0.2670 | 0.0910 | 0.3085 | ||
| 5 | 0.5 | 0.5200 | 0.2130 | 0.5900 |
The empirical power was estimated using 2,000 replicates at the 0.005 significance level. We assumed that the number of markers was two, and that their minor allele frequencies were 0.2.