Development of a structural growth curve model that considers the causal effect of initial phenotypes

Table 2 Mean log-likelihood and information criteria for each model

Model	Mean log-likelihood	DIC^d	WAIC^e
SGC^a	− 5,523,358.6	7,871,834.7	12,466,275.7
GC_A^b	− 5,574,092.6	7,872,045.8	12,567,909.0
GC_B^c	− 7,335,939.9	10,341,550.1	16,537,364.6

^aStructural growth curve model fitted to the data with the day of entry to the experimental station set as the initial day
^bGrowth curve model fitted to the data with the day of entry to the experimental station set as the initial day
^cGrowth curve model fitted to the data with the day of birth set as the initial day
^dDeviation information criterion
^eWidely applicable information criterion

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