Table 1 Overview and names of the core simulation scenariosa

From: Controlling false positives in the mapping of epistatic QTL

Epistasis form

2.5% hepi2

5.0% hepi2

7.5% hepi2

10.0% hepi2

12.5% hepi2

Complementary

Com2.5% (17.6)

Com5.0% (35.0)

Com7.5% (52.5)

—

—

Dominant

Dom2.5% (6.8)

Dom5.0% (15.6)

Dom7.5% (25.0)

—

—

Recessive

Rec2.5% (10.0)

Rec5.0% (20.2)

Rec7.5% (30.5)

—

—

Inhibitory

Inh2.5% (10.9)

Inh5.0% (21.7)

Inh7.5% (32.5)

—

—

Duplicate

Dup2.5% (4.2)

Dup5.0% (8.3)

Dup7.5% (12.5)

—

—

Interaction only

Int2.5% (2.5)

Int5.0% (5.0)

Int7.5% (7.5)

Int10.0% (10.0)

Int12.5% (12.5)

  1. aThe total phenotypic variance (Vartot) was 0.98; the epistatic heritability of a pair of loci (hepi2=the epistatic variance of an epistatic pair/Vartot); the whole-pair heritability (hpair2=the total genetic variance of an epistatic pair/Vartot) in brackets.