Models with indirect genetic effects depending on group sizes: a simulation study assessing the precision of the estimates of the dilution parameter

Table 3 Parameter values used for simulation

Parameter	d = 0			d = 0.5			d = 1
Parameter	\(\bar{n} = 4\)	\(\bar{n} = 6\)	\(\bar{n} = 8\)	\(\bar{n} = 4\)	\(\bar{n} = 6\)	\(\bar{n} = 8\)	\(\bar{n} = 4\)	\(\bar{n} = 6\)	\(\bar{n} = 8\)
\(\sigma_{{a_{\text{D}} }}^{2}\)	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300
\(\sigma_{{a_{\text{I}} }}^{2}\)	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.060	0.043	0.100	0.036	0.018
\(\sigma_{{E_{\text{D}} }}^{2}\)	0.700	0.700	0.700	0.700	0.700	0.700	0.700	0.700	0.700
\(\sigma_{{E_{\text{I}} }}^{2}\)	0.230	0.230	0.230	0.230	0.138	0.099	0.230	0.083	0.042
\(r_{{a_{\text{DI}} }}\)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
\(\sigma_{\text{TBV}}^{2}\)	1.200	2.800	5.200	1.200	1.800	2.410	1.200	1.200	1.200
\(h_{\text{D}}^{2} = h_{\text{I}}^{2}\)	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300	0.300
\(\sigma_{{P_{\text{D}} }}^{2}\)	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
\(\sigma_{{P_{\text{I}} }}^{2}\)	0.330	0.330	0.330	0.330	0.198	0.142	0.330	0.119	0.060

Parameter values used for the simulated schemes with three average group sizes \(\bar{n} = 4, \, 6,{\text{ or }}8\) and three values of d = 0, 0.5, or 1

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