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Table 4 Posterior mean of (1-π) multiplied by K = 2,000 SNPs used in the analyses (se) obtained by BayesCπ according to the heritability (h2), number of QTL, distribution of QTL effects and training data size.

From: Extension of the bayesian alphabet for genomic selection

  

QTL effect distribution and training data size

  

Gamma

Normal

h 2

No. of

QTL

1,000

4,000

1,000

4,000

0.9

10

52 (5)

99 (9)

73 (5)

147 (7)

 

20

65 (6)

127 (11)

112 (7)

210 (10)

 

40

115 (11)

198 (13)

202 (19)

343 (17)

0.2

10

421 (137)

37 (5)

532 (115)

54 (5)

 

20

654 (140)

62 (8)

917 (131)

133 (35)

 

40

1006 (97)

174 (57)

1178 (42)

434 (109)

0.03

10

1083 (80)

933 (130)

1045 (59)

1081 (108)

 

20

1162 (69)

1103 (58)

1035 (50)

1099 (62)

 

40

1043 (83)

1206 (42)

1149 (54)

1331 (39)

  1. Starting value for π was 0.5. Results are based on 24 replicates of the realistic simulation in which loci were in linkage disequilibrium and only SNPs were modeled