Table 5.

Estimated effective sample size and autocorrelation in Duroc pig data

Trait	Method	ESS	Autocorrelation
			Lag1	Lag5	Lag10	Lag50
LEA	GS	132	0.96	0.85	0.75	0.30
	NUTS	457	0.82	0.57	0.35	0.06
BF	GS	151	0.95	0.83	0.70	0.21
	NUTS	886	0.68	0.36	0.17	0.04

BF back fat thickness, LEA loin eye area, ESS effective sample size, GS Gibbs sampling, NUTS No-U-Turn Sampler