Using pooled data to estimate variance components and breeding values for traits affected by social interactions

Table 5 Theoretically predicted $s . e . ({\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2})$ , $s . d . ({\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2})$ ^§ and $\bar{s . e . ({\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2})}$ ^§§ for three group compositions

	Scenario^§§§	$s . e . ({\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2})$	$s . d . ({\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2}) \pm s . d .$	$\bar{s . e . ({\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2})} \pm s . d .$
Four families	1	1.88	2.01 ± 0.14	1.85 ± 0.13
Two families	6	1.30	1.23 ± 0.09	1.23 ± 0.08
One family	7	0.92	0.81 ± 0.06	0.92 ± 0.05

^§ $s . d . ({\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2})$ based on 100 ${\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2}$ ’s reported by ASReml.
^§§ $\bar{s . e . ({\hat{σ}}_{A_{T}}^{2})}$ based on 100 s.e.’s reported by ASReml.
^§§§ $σ_{A_{D}}^{2}$ and $σ_{A_{I}}^{2}$ were set to 1.00; $σ_{A_{DI}}$ was set to 0.00; $σ_{E_{D}}^{2}$ and $σ_{E_{I}}^{2}$ were set to 2.00; $σ_{E_{DI}}$ was set to 0.00.

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