Bias and sampling covariances of estimates of variance components due to maternal effects.docVIP

Bias and sampling covariances of estimates of variance components due to maternal effects K Meyer Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, 2351, Australia Summary - The sampling behaviour of Restricted Maximum Likelihood estimates of (co)variance components due to additive genetic and environmental maternal effects is examined for balanced data with different family structures. It is shown that sampling correlations between estimates are high and that sizeable data sets are required to allow reasonably accurate estimates to be obtained, even for designs specifically formulated for the estimati