Table 1 The posterior mean, median and mode of direct genetic, residual and phenotypic variances and direct heritabilities for growth curve parameters of Guilan sheep [standard deviations (PSD) of marginal posterior distribution of mean estimates are in brackets]
From: Estimation of genetic relationships between growth curve parameters in Guilan sheep
Parameter | Item | Mean | Median | Mode | HPD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | \( {\sigma}_a^2 \) | 32.38 (3.50) | 32.40 | 29.85 | 25.77-39.51 |
\( {\sigma}_e^2 \) | 50.74 (3.34) | 50.87 | 48.91 | 44.23-57.18 | |
\( {\sigma}_p^2 \) | 83.13 (1.32) | 83.09 | 83.03 | 80.50-85.66 | |
\( {h}_a^2 \) | 0.39 (0.04) | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.31-0.47 | |
B | \( {\sigma}_a^2 \) | 5.86 (1.70) | 5.86 | 4.46 | 2.62-8.91 |
\( {\sigma}_e^2 \) | 19.37 (1.66) | 19.35 | 19.13 | 16.31-22.54 | |
\( {\sigma}_p^2 \) | 25.23 (0.42) | 25.24 | 25.09 | 24.47-26.05 | |
\( {h}_a^2 \) | 0.23 (0.07) | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.10-0.35 | |
K | \( {\sigma}_a^2 \) | 0.39 (0.19) | 0.36 | 0.19 | 0.11-0.78 |
\( {\sigma}_e^2 \) | 9.64 (0.25) | 9.66 | 9.73 | 9.15-10.09 | |
\( {\sigma}_p^2 \) | 10.03 (0.16) | 10.03 | 9.99 | 9.74-10.35 | |
\( {h}_a^2 \) | 0.039 (0.019) | 0.035 | 0.019 | 0.011-0.078 |