Table 4 Effect of the number of seeds per maternal plant on results of ETL mapping in random hybridization design of F2 plants (200 replicates)

From: Mapping epistatic quantitative trait loci underlying endosperm traits using all markers on the entire genome in a random hybridization design

No. of seeds per plant

Statistic

b0

σ2

ETL 1

ETL 2

ETL 3

ETL 2 × ETL 3

False-positive rate (%)

    

a1

d11

d12

Posi.

a2

d21

Posi.

a3

Posi.

Posi.

Posi.

a

d

iaa

iad

idd

True value

100.000

2.000

5.200

−5.200

60.00

3.000

3.000

60.00

1.000

60.00

1.500

60.00

60.00

     

1

Mean

100.740

67.579

2.292

7.604

−7.397

59.51

3.049

6.486

59.14

1.551

56.52

2.300

60.77

60.77

0.11

0.00

0.12

0.00

0.00

 

s.d.

1.745

6.736

0.708

2.111

1.927

4.06

0.707

1.441

5.41

0.310

11.52

0.446

19.98

19.17

     
 

Power

  

0.785

0.455

0.490

 

0.980

0.010

 

0.115

 

0.130

       

3

Mean

100.712

22.778

1.908

5.227

−5.510

59.87

3.149

3.922

59.91

1.106

58.65

1.558

58.22

59.04

0.33

0.00

0.11

0.00

0.00

 

s.d.

0.937

2.118

0.405

1.481

1.404

1.10

0.357

0.693

0.64

0.327

13.78

0.398

11.37

11.22

     
 

Power

  

0.995

0.925

0.935

 

1.000

0.115

 

0.370

 

0.415

       

5

Mean

100.410

13.429

1.943

5.185

−4.919

59.95

3.141

3.335

59.83

0.991

57.27

1.423

58.43

58.32

0.11

0.05

0.11

0.00

0.00

 

s.d.

0.666

1.194

0.313

1.059

1.055

0.50

0.306

0.569

1.23

0.279

10.71

0.325

9.04

7.64

     
 

Power

  

1.000

0.995

0.990

 

1.000

0.325

 

0.660

 

0.765

       

10

Mean

100.273

6.655

1.951

5.094

−5.176

60.00

3.057

2.965

59.87

0.950

59.44

1.416

59.14

59.25

0.14

0.05

0.10

0.00

0.00

 

s.d.

0.480

0.611

0.208

0.735

0.762

0.17

0.259

0.532

1.04

0.214

5.89

0.267

5.80

5.49

     
 

Power

  

1.000

1.000

1.000

 

1.000

0.710

 

0.950

 

0.975

       

20

Mean

100.075

3.244

1.991

5.149

−5.157

60.00

3.010

2.843

59.74

0.949

59.67

1.459

59.87

59.81

0.08

0.06

0.08

0.00

0.00

 

s.d.

0.299

0.330

0.144

0.447

0.431

0.12

0.147

0.442

1.86

0.151

2.47

0.178

1.75

2.96

     
 

Power

  

1.000

1.000

1.000

 

1.000

0.955

 

0.995

 

0.995

       
  1. Abbreviations: a, additive effect; d, dominant effect; ETL, endosperm trait locus; i, interaction effect; Posi., ETL position (cM); s.d., standard deviation.