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. 2007 Apr;175(4):1895–1910. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.063743

TABLE 4.

The expectation of Av and bias in Âv at Inline graphic using either var W or ln(var W) in multiple regression for different values of Inline graphic and numbers of half-sib progeny per sire

χ (= Inline graphic)
Bias in Inline graphic (Inline graphic)
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Inline graphic No. of progeny −2 2 −2 2 −2 2
0.01 10 −0.016 0.032 −0.001 0.000 0.007 0.009
100 −0.066 0.076 −0.004 −0.003 0.004 0.005
1,000 −0.155 0.155 −0.009 −0.007 −0.001 0.001
10,000 −0.187 0.198 −0.001 −0.004 0.007 0.004
0.05 10 −0.084 0.133 −0.011 −0.018 0.024 0.025
100 −0.286 0.283 −0.042 −0.042 −0.003 0.000
1,000 −0.392 0.436 −0.014 −0.023 0.025 0.018
10,000 −0.407 0.484 −0.002 −0.002 0.037 0.040
0.10 10 −0.173 0.234 −0.039 −0.054 0.030 0.031
100 −0.467 0.475 −0.072 −0.081 0.005 0.004
1,000 −0.556 0.658 −0.025 −0.035 0.053 0.049
10,000 −0.569 0.710 −0.017 −0.004 0.060 0.080

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