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. 2017 Jul 20;49:58. doi: 10.1186/s12711-017-0333-2

Table 3.

Genetic parameters of average daily gain under different feeding regimens from the classical animal repeatability model

Parametera Restricted feeding Full feeding
Mean HPD 95%b MCsec Mean HPD 95%b MCsec
h2 0.023 0.009 0.041 0.00047 0.078 0.049 0.108 0.00038
g2 0.032 0.020 0.044 0.00007 0.024 0.012 0.036 0.00006
p2 0.013 0.001 0.027 0.00029 0.008 0.000 0.021 0.00036
l2 0.072 0.053 0.091 0.00026 0.073 0.052 0.096 0.00027
σp2 56.014 54.308 57.773 0.00835 78.265 75.813 80.738 0.01194

a h2: heritability; g2: variance of group effects relative to phenotypic variance; p2: variance of permanent animal effects relative to phenotypic variance; l2: variance of litter effects relative to phenotypic variance; σp2: phenotypic variance

bHPD 95%: highest posterior density interval at 95% with lower and upper limits

cMCse: Monte Carlo standard error