Genetics Selection Evolution

Table 2 Estimates of heritabilities and breeding values in simulated data

From: Performance of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and No-U-Turn Sampler for estimating genetic parameters and breeding values

True heritability	Method	Estimate
		Heritability		Breeding value
		Mean	MCSE	Correlation	Regression
0.1	GS	0.10	0.005	0.52	0.99
	HMC	0.11	0.004	0.52	0.99
	NUTS	0.10	0.001	0.53	1.10
0.3	GS	0.32	0.004	0.68	0.91
	HMC	0.31	0.002	0.68	0.93
	NUTS	0.30	0.001	0.68	0.96
0.5	GS	0.51	0.004	0.79	0.98
	HMC	0.52	0.003	0.79	0.97
	NUTS	0.51	0.002	0.79	0.99

MCSE Monte Carlo standard error, GS Gibbs sampling, HMC Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, NUTS No-U-Turn Sampler

Back to article page

ISSN: 1297-9686

Contact us

Submission enquiries: helene.hayes@inrae.fr
General enquiries: info@biomedcentral.com