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Table 3 Posterior means of the variance components for the multi-trait and the structural equation model of C4:0 to C12:0

From: Exploring causal networks of bovine milk fatty acids in a multivariate mixed model context

Variance component1

Multi-trait

SEM

Mean

SD2

Time-series SE3

Mean

SD2

Time-series SE3

σ e 2 C4:0

0.549

0.108

0.003

0.455

0.091

0.002

σ e 2 C6:0

0.606

0.102

0.004

0.003

0.002

0.000

σ e 2 C8:0

0.599

0.100

0.004

0.000

0.000

0.000

σ e 2 C10:0

0.560

0.102

0.004

0.006

0.002

0.000

σ e 2 C12:0

0.459

0.087

0.003

0.059

0.004

0.000

r e C4:0,C6:0

0.938

0.019

0.001

.

.

.

r e C4:0,C8:0

0.885

0.046

0.001

.

.

.

r e C4:0,C10:0

0.808

0.084

0.002

.

.

.

r e C4:0,C12:0

0.754

0.101

0.003

.

.

.

r e C6:0,C8:0

0.950

0.014

0.000

.

.

.

r e C6:0,C10:0

0.906

0.036

0.001

.

.

.

r e C6:0,C12:0

0.859

0.053

0.002

.

.

.

r e C8:0,C10:0

0.950

0.014

0.000

.

.

.

r e C8:0,C12:0

0.911

0.028

0.001

.

.

.

r e C10:0,C12:0

0.934

0.017

0.001

.

.

.

σ g 2 C4:0

0.360

0.151

0.005

0.460

0.122

0.002

σ g 2 C6:0

0.325

0.143

0.005

0.114

0.023

0.001

σ g 2 C8:0

0.310

0.140

0.005

0.073

0.009

0.000

σ g 2 C10:0

0.319

0.141

0.005

0.066

0.008

0.000

σ g 2 C12:0

0.276

0.121

0.004

0.026

0.005

0.000

r g C4:0,C6:0

0.855

0.074

0.002

-0.440

0.123

0.004

r g C4:0,C8:0

0.675

0.157

0.005

-0.417

0.116

0.004

r g C4:0,C10:0

0.424

0.237

0.007

-0.400

0.109

0.003

r g C4:0,C12:0

0.331

0.255

0.008

-0.084

0.089

0.002

r g C6:0,C8:0

0.863

0.069

0.002

0.761

0.033

0.001

r g C6:0,C10:0

0.697

0.148

0.004

0.730

0.036

0.001

r g C6:0,C12:0

0.617

0.179

0.006

0.160

0.154

0.004

r g C8:0,C10:0

0.862

0.071

0.002

0.692

0.036

0.001

r g C8:0,C12:0

0.805

0.102

0.003

0.152

0.147

0.004

r g C10:0,C12:0

0.899

0.052

0.002

0.148

0.142

0.004

  1. 1 σ e 2 is residual variance, σ g 2 is genetic variance, r e is residual correlation, r g is genetic correlation; 2SD is the posterior standard deviations of the component; 3Time-series SE is the time-series standard error of the component.