Litter and pen effect simulated | Model | Placement of animals | Group records | Individual records |
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Yes | MALP with given true variances | A litter in 1 pen | 0.529 (0.034) | 0.696 (0.019) |
 |  | A litter in 2 pen | 0.480 (0.038) | 0.702 (0.019) |
 |  | Randomly in pens | 0.407 (0.052) | 0.706 (0.018) |
No | MA with given true variances | A litter in 1 pen | 0.598 (0.027) | 0.714 (0.017) |
 |  | A litter in 2 pen | 0.550 (0.030) | 0.714 (0.017) |
 |  | Randomly in pens | 0.476 (0.038) | 0.715 (0.017) |