Table 3 Parameters a priori and posterior summaries for the marginal density of each (co)variance component
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | HPD95 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVC1 |
| S (0) | Mean | SD | Median | Mode | Lower | Upper |
| 100 | 170 | 187.34 | 10.21 | 187.35 | 187.09 | 167.17 | 207.22 |
| 100 | 80 | 95.53 | 9.91 | 95.24 | 98.75 | 76.47 | 115.17 |
| 20 | 85 | 120.74 | 20.43 | 119.54 | 115.82 | 82.22 | 161.46 |
| 20 | -25 | -27.00 | 13.26 | -26.11 | -23.89 | -53.70 | -2.15 |
| 20 | 35 | 37.63 | 11.35 | 35.94 | 32.35 | 18.25 | 60.38 |
| 20 | 76 | 100.24 | 20.12 | 98.86 | 98.42 | 62.38 | 140.33 |
| 20 | -50 | -56.31 | 19.64 | -55.12 | -56.55 | -95.65 | -19.13 |
| 20 | 70 | 95.18 | 24.61 | 92.96 | 88.29 | 50.29 | 144.21 |
| 5 | 10 | 9.62 | 6.24 | 8.10 | 3.68 | 1.28 | 21.96 |
| 5 | 8 | 9.55 | 7.01 | 7.82 | 3.20 | 0.36 | 24.18 |
| 5 | 9 | 13.37 | 12.55 | 9.48 | 3.65 | 1.03 | 37.93 |
- 1(Co)variance components:
= error variance; 
= maternal permanent environmental variance; 
= direct additive variance by genetic origin; 
= maternal additive variance by genetic origin, 
= direct-maternal genetic covariance by genetic origin; X = {Angus, Hereford, segregation}; 
= a priori degrees of belief; S(0) = a priori scale parameter; SD = standard deviation; HPD95 = 95% high posterior density interval.
= direct additive variance by genetic origin; 
= maternal additive variance by genetic origin, 
= direct-maternal genetic covariance by genetic origin; X = {Angus, Hereford, segregation};