Genomic selection accuracies within and between environments and small breeding groups in white spruce

BMC Genomics

Table 3 Full-model posterior means of variance components using all SNPs ( m = 6,932), all individuals (n = 1,748), and deviance information criterion (DIC) for wood quality and growth traits

Trait^†	Model*	$σ_{a}^{2}$	$σ_{g}^{2}$	λ ²	$σ_{e}^{2}$	DIC
ADEN	FM-A	0.33	–	–	0.67	4558
	FM-RR	–	1.7 × 10⁻⁴	–	0.65	4493
	FM-RRA	0.19	1.4 × 10⁻⁴	–	0.58	4433
	FM-L	–	–	88	0.65	4491
	FM-LA	0.18	–	90	0.57	4431
AMFA	FM-A	0.32	–	–	0.72	4660
	FM-RR	–	1.1 × 10⁻⁴	–	0.77	4679
	FM-RRA	0.21	7.5 × 10⁻⁵	–	0.69	4634
	FM-L	–	–	115	0.77	4275
	FM-LA	0.22	–	144	0.69	4633
HT17	FM-A	0.47	–	–	0.62	4608
	FM-RR	–	1.2 × 10⁻⁴	–	0.77	4740
	FM-RRA	0.37	5.4 × 10⁻⁵	–	0.61	4602
	FM-L	–	–	115	0.77	4739
	FM-LA	0.41	–	160	0.59	4577
DBH17	FM-A	0.29	–	–	0.76	4786
	FM-RR	–	9.1 × 10⁻⁵	–	0.83	4824
	FM-RRA	0.21	6.1 × 10⁻⁵	–	0.74	4769
	FM-L	–	–	134	0.83	4823
	FM-LA	0.23	–	158	0.72	4759
MSE^‡		0.093	2.1 × 10⁻⁵	16.9	0.047

^†ADEN: average wood density; AMFA: average microfibril angle; HT17: 17-year height; DBH17: 17-year diameter at breast height.
*FM-A: Full model - pedigree-based; FM-RR: Full model - ridge regression with marker data; FM-RRA: Full model - combined ridge regression with markers and pedigree data; FM-L: full model - the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator; FM-LA: full model – combined least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, and pedigree information.
^‡Mean standard error over models.

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