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| <math>\mathbf{y}=\mathbf{X}\boldsymbol{\beta} +\mathbf{g}+ \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}</math> | | <math>\mathbf{y}=\mathbf{X}\boldsymbol{\beta} +\mathbf{g}+ \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}</math> |
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| We assume that genetic effects are normally distributed, with mean <math>\mathbf{0}</math> and covariance <math>\mathbf{K}\sigma_g^2</math> where the matrix <math>\mathbf{K}</math> summarizes kinship coefficients between sampled individuals and <math>\sigma_g^2</math> is a positive scalar describing the genetic contribution to the overall variance. We assume that non-shared environmental effects are normally distributed with mean <math>\mathbf{0}</math> and covariance <math>\mathbf{I}\sigma_e^2</math>, where <math>\mathbf{I}</math> is the identity matrix. | | We assume that genetic effects are normally distributed, with mean <math>\mathbf{0}</math> and covariance <math>\mathbf{K}\sigma_g^2</math> where the matrix <math>\mathbf{K}</math> summarizes kinship coefficients between sampled individuals and <math>\sigma_g^2</math> is a positive scalar describing the genetic contribution to the overall variance. We assume that non-shared environmental effects are normally distributed with mean <math>\mathbf{0}</math> and covariance <math>\mathbf{I}\sigma_e^2</math>, where <math>\mathbf{I}</math> is the identity matrix. |