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Table 3.

Parameter precision estimates

Design	SD in $a_{g}$	SD in $a_{f}$	SD in $a_{r}$	SD in $Δ_{g}$	SD in $Δ_{f}$	SD in $Δ_{r}$
Single group (no dominance estimate)	$\frac{1.08}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{3.09}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{1}{\sqrt{{kN}_{total}}}$	∞	∞	∞
Pure design (no dominance estimate)	$\frac{1.52}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{1.96}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{1}{\sqrt{{kN}_{total}}}$	∞	∞	∞
Pure design (dominance estimate)	$\frac{1.86}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{2.40}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{1.22}{\sqrt{{kN}_{total}}}$	$\frac{2.91}{\|a_{g}\| \sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{3.76}{\|a_{f}\| \sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{2.60}{\|a_{r}\| \sqrt{{kN}_{total}}}$
Mixed design (no dominance estimate)	$\frac{1.41}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{2}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{1}{\sqrt{{kN}_{total}}}$	∞	∞	∞
Mixed design (dominance estimate)	$\frac{1.73}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{2.45}{\sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{1.22}{\sqrt{{kN}_{total}}}$	$\frac{2.60}{\|a_{g}\| \sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{3.67}{\|a_{f}\| \sqrt{N_{total}}}$	$\frac{2.60}{\|a_{r}\| \sqrt{{kN}_{total}}}$

This table provides analytically derived estimates for parameter precisions (as measured by the posterior standard deviations (SDs) in the SNP effects $a_{g}$ , $a_{f}$ , and $a_{r}$ and dominance parameters $Δ_{g}$ , $Δ_{f}$ , and $Δ_{r}$ ) for the optimum designs outlined in Fig. 2