Table 3 The two different modes of the variance components for the simulated bimodal data set

From: Bayesian adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation of genetic parameters

 

Mode 1

Mode 2

REML

True

σ d 2

675.40

2.67

716.00

600

σ e 2

3020.20

3505.2

2882.60

3025

  1. Abbreviation: REML, residual maximum likelihood.
  2. The posterior mode estimates are obtained from the adapted phase of the Markov chain Monte Carlo analysis. REML estimates and true simulated values are also shown.