Table 1

Maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters describing the clonal expansion, each corresponding to a QTL, and marker allele frequency, QTL allele frequency and marker-QTL linkage disequilibrium with 8 time points. Numbers in parentheses are the sampling errors of the estimates



n = 200
n = 400




Para-meters
True value
H2 = 0.1
H2 = 0.4
H2 = 0.1
H2 = 0.4

P
0.5
0.48(0.023)
0.49(0.021)
0.49(0.014)
0.50(0.012)
Q
0.6
0.62(0.014)
0.61(0.011)
0.61(0.011)
0.60(0.010)
D
0.08
0.074(0.0067)
0.075(0.003)
0.079(0.004)
0.079(0.004)






Math
100
102.50(0.452)
102.31(0.449)
101.65(0.450)
100.59(0.441)
Math
0.1
0.097(0.00069)
0.097(0.00062)
0.098(0.00061)
0.099(0.00012)
Math
110
108.56(0.492)
109.20(0.481)
109.98(0.486)
110.25(0.479)
Math
0.15
0.147(0.0011)
0.147(0.0011)
0.149(0.0010)
0.150(0.0007)






Math
150
152.89(0.865)
152.35(0.862)
151.72(0.862)
150.06(0.858)
Math
0.2
0.209(0.0015)
0.21(0.0014)
0.21(0.0014)
0.20(0.0011)
Math
160
163.09(0.106)
162.52(0.105)
161.08(0.102)
160.32(0.098)
Math
0.25
0.244(0.0016)
0.244(0.0016)
0.248(0.0012)
0.250(0.0011)






Math
200
198.26(0.756)
199.63(0.752)
199.90(0.743)
200.03(0.735)
Math
0.25
0.247(0.0053)
0.248(0.0050)
0.248(0.0051)
0.249(0.0046)
Math
210
209.56(0.685)
209.79(0.682)
209.98(0.681)
210.22(0.668)
Math
0.30
0.311(0.002)
0.311(0.001)
0.308(0.001)
0.302(0.0008)






ρ1
0.60
0.61(0.0078)
0.61(0.0076)
0.61(0.0071)
0.61(0.0070)
ρ2
0.60
0.593(0.0022)
0.595(0.0021)
0.595(0.0021)
0.598(0.0020)
σ1
1.31
1.322(0.0052)

1.319(0.0045)


0.538

0.539(0.0026)

0.538(0.0019)
σ2
1.31
1.322(0.0072)

1.320(0.0056)


0.53

0.53(0.0018)

0.53(0.0011)

Das and Wu Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2008 5:7   doi:10.1186/1742-4682-5-7