Table 1.

Summary of the computer simulation settings. For details see ‘Methods’

Examined parameters	Setting values
Mating design	DH-NAM, BC-NAM, RIL-NAM
Statistical model	Single marker model 1 and 2, JCIM model 1 and 2
Cofactor selection	Method 1, Method 2
QTL number	1, 5, 25, 50, 100
Heritability	0.5, 0.8
Number of parens	20, 21, 29, 40, 50
Sample size per subpopulation	50, 100
Standard deviation for varied
sample size per subpopulation	0, 5, 10, 20, 40
Explained percentage of variance
by QTL × genetic background interaction	0 %, 5 %, 15 %, 25 %, 50 %, 75 %, 95 %
Number of QTL having
QTL × genetic background interaction	1, 5, 10, 25
Number of background marker having
QTL × genetic background interaction	1, 5, 10, 25