Table 4 Estimates (hat) of the mixing proportion in the k th cluster (π k ), the cluster mean and variance (μ k and σ 2 k ) and Bayesian confidence interval (BCI) for parameters in the distribution of additive effects and dominance coefficients. Values expressed in units of phenotypic standard deviation
Data sets | Effect type | Estimated parameters | Posterior estimate | BCI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.50 % | 97.50 % | ||||
Data I | Additive | \( {\widehat{\sigma}}_1^2 \) | 0.044 | 0.034 | 0.059 |
Data II | Additive | \( {\widehat{\sigma}}_1^2 \) | 0.147 | 0.110 | 0.194 |
Data III | Additive | \( {\widehat{\pi}}_1 \) | 0.880 | 0.451 | 0.973 |
\( {\widehat{\pi}}_2 \) | 0.120 | 0.006 | 0.572 | ||
\( {\widehat{\sigma}}_1^2 \) | 0.179 | 0.068 | 0.227 | ||
\( {\widehat{\sigma}}_2^2 \) | 0.107 | 0.008 | 0.200 | ||
Dominance coefficient | \( {\widehat{\mu}}_1 \) | 0.152 | 0.055 | 0.237 | |
\( {\widehat{\sigma}}_1^2 \) | 0.329 | 0.193 | 0.542 | ||
Data IV | Additive | ||||
20-kernel weight | \( {\widehat{\sigma}}_1^2 \) | 0.013 | 0.011 | 0.015 | |
Days to anthesis | \( {\widehat{\sigma}}_1^2 \) | 0.131 | 0.118 | 0.146 | |