Genetics Selection Evolution

Table 4 Posterior means and 95% HPD intervals for the dispersion parameters pertaining to Model C

From: Searching for phenotypic causal networks involving complex traits: an application to European quail

Parameter^a	Posterior mean	95% HPD Interval
ψ ₁	0.33	[0.26, 0.40]
Ψ ₂	195.78	[155.99, 235.96]
ψ ₃	34.65	[29.25, 40.03]
ψ ₄	0.68	[0.52, 0.84]
ψ ₅	30.62	[26.98, 34.32]
$σ_{g_{1}}^{2}$	0.45	[0.36, 0.58]
$r_{g_{1} g_{2}}$	0.45	[0.31, 0.58]
$r_{g_{1} g_{3}}$	0.21	[0.02, 0.38]
$r_{g_{1} g_{4}}$	0.80	[0.68, 0.90]
$r_{g_{1} g_{5}}$	0.07	[-0.16, 0.29]
$σ_{g_{2}}^{2}$	185.36	[130.23, 244.55]
$r_{g_{2} g_{3}}$	0.21	[-0.14, 0.53]
$r_{g_{2} g_{4}}$	0.58	[0.47, 0.70]
$r_{g_{2} g_{5}}$	0.19	[-0.05, 0.43]
$σ_{g_{3}}^{2}$	14.09	[8.34, 20.41]
$r_{g_{3} g_{4}}$	0.16	[-0.05, 0.38]
$r_{g_{3} g_{5}}$	0.09	[-0.27, 0.44]
$σ_{g_{4}}^{2}$	0.89	[0.51, 1.29]
$r_{g_{4} g_{5}}$	0.05	[-0.18, 0.29]
$σ_{g_{5}}^{2}$	5.19	[2.75, 7.87]

^a $σ_{g_{j}}^{2}$ = additive genetic variance of trait y_j; $r_{g_{j} g_{j^{'}}}$ = additive genetic correlation between traits y_j and y_j', $ψ_{j}^{2}$ = residual variance of trait y_j (j, j' = 1 (BW), 2 (W35), 3 (AFE), 4 (AEW), 5 (NE))

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