Table 1 The MLEs of parameters that define circadian rhythms for three different QTL genotypes, the structure of the covariance matrix and the association between the marker and QTL in a natural population, taking the heritability of the assumed QTL as H² = 0.1. The numbers in parentheses are the square roots of the mean square errors of the MLEs.

n

1.50

1.57(0.067)

1.40

1.54(0.139)

1.70

1.74(0.045)

m

3.00

3.02(0.018)

2.90

2.91(0.010)

2.80

2.79(0.050)

r _M

1.10

1.16(0.060)

1.30

1.35(0.054)

0.90

0.98(0.083)

r _P

0.30

0.30(0.020)

0.35

0.36(0.007)

0.40

0.39(0.001)

q _M

0.16

0.15(0.008)

0.17

0.16(0.011)

0.18

0.17(0.012)

q _P

0.16

0.16(0.001)

0.17

0.16(0.005)

0.18

0.18(0.001)

Matrix Structuring Parameters

Given MLE

φ _x

0.011(0.001)

φ _y

0.098(0.001)

ψ _x

0.105(0.005)

ψ _y

-0.206(0.006)

${\delta }_x^2$

0.223(0.001)

${\delta }_y^2$

1.742(0.100)

ρ

0.216(0.016)

Genetic Parameters

Given MLE

p

q

D