Heritability and complex segregation analysis of deafness in Jack Russell Terriers

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 2 Estimation of heritability^a

	Mean	Median	SD	Effective Sample Size	Convergence Score (p-value)^b	95% HDR^c	Relative Risk^d
Dichotomous Trait
Genetic Variance	0.44	0.28	0.55	1664.7	0.90 (0.37)	0.06,1.83
Heritability	0.26	0.22	0.16	1746.4	0.94 (0.35)	0.06,0.65
White – Tricolour	0.69	0.68	0.42	8930.9	1.39 (0.16)	-0.12,1.51	1.51
White – Tan	0.83	0.82	0.40	8384.9	-0.74(0.46)	0.06,1.62	1.58
Female-Male	-0.23	-0.22	0.30	8619.0	0.13 (0.90)	-0.82,0.36	0.95
Trichotomous Trait
Genetic Variance	0.80	0.45	1.29	1681.2	1.07 (0.28)	0.12,3.67
Heritability	0.35	0.31	0.18	1786.5	1.10 (0.27)	0.11,0.79
White – Tricolour	0.74	0.74	0.40	9868.5	1.19 (0.23)	-0.05,1.54	1.64
White – Tan	0.84	0.84	0.39	8535.9	0.62 (0.53)	0.06,1.61	1.63
Female-Male	-0.31	-0.31	0.29	9496.6	-0.18 (0.85)	-0.89,0.25	0.93

^a Estimates are taken from a Gibbs sample of 10,000 values.
^b Gibbs sample convergence statistic; Geweke (1992).
^c High Density Region.
^d Relative risk is computed for the probability of at least one deaf ear for white male versus tricolour male, white male versus tan male and white female versus white male, respectively.

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