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. 2017 Mar 21;206(1):105–118. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.190660

Table 3. Bias and MSE of mapgd, VCFtools, KING, and PLINK in estimating coancestry, fraternity, and inbreeding for outbred and inbred siblings.

Coancestry (Θ) Out. (Θ=1/4) In. (Θ=1/2)
Program Cov. Bias (×103) MSE (×104) Bias (×103) MSE (×104)
mapgd −10 2.2 −11.6 2.5
VCFtools −68 50 −150 230
KING −120 170 −450 2000
mapgd 10× −6.9 0.73 −8.2 1.5
VCFtools 10× −12.0 1.8 −16 3.3
KING 10× −21 4.7 −520 2700
mapgd 30× −6.4 0.69 −7.2 1.0
VCFtools 30× −5.7 0.70 −4.5 1.0
KING 30× −3.1 0.29 −500 2500
Fraternity (ΔX¨Y¨) Out. (ΔX¨Y¨=1/4) In. (ΔX¨Y¨=3/8)
Program Cov. Bias (×103) MSE (×104) Bias (×103) MSE (×104)
mapgd −7.2 22 −0.3 23
PLINK −20 7.1 72 52
KING 370 1400 230 520
mapgd 10× −1.7 4.3 −1.4 5.8
PLINK 10× 11 2.3 110 120
KING 10× 58 36 400 1700
mapgd 30× 1.2 4.3 8.6 6.1
PLINK 30× 1.7 1.6 120 150
KING 30× −3.5 1.7 360 1300
Inbreeding (fX) Out. (fX=0) In. (fX=1/2)
Program Cov. Bias (×103) MSE (×104) Bias (×103) MSE (×104)
mapgd 3× −14 7.1 −33 18
VCFtools 3× 99 100 −100 110
PLINK 3× 72 54 −150 220
mapgd 10× −8.5 1.6 −7.0 1.3
VCFtools 10× 15 3.5 −11 9.5
PLINK 10× 12 2.4 −7.4 1.2
mapgd 30× −9.0 1.9 −7.6 1.6
VCFtools 30× −0.1 1.9 −3.8 1.3
PLINK 30× −2.2 1.4 −2.4 0.9

The values of all seven IBD coefficients are listed in Table S5 in File S1. Results are from 100 simulations on a 400-kbp, 400-cM genome containing 10,000 SNPs. See Section S7 in File S1 for SNP filtering parameters. Out., outbred; in., inbred; cov. coverage. See figure S7 for diagram of outbred and inbred siblings.