Table 2

Marginal posterior means, modes, standard deviations and limits to the 95% highest density regions (HDR) of model parameters for Addison's disease in Portuguese Water dogs in a Bayesian mixed-inheritance model with a completely recessive major locus.


Polygenic Variance
Major Locus Variance
Additive Effect (a)
Dominance Deviation (d)
Frequency (q)

Mean
1.08
6.20
2.82
-2.82
0.51
Mode
0.79
5.24
2.68
-2.68
0.52
SD
0.52
1.81
0.43
0.43
0.06
HDR 95% Low
0.14
3.19
2.02
-3.63
0.40
HDR 95% High
1.96
9.72
3.63
-2.02
0.63

Oberbauer et al. BMC Veterinary Research 2006 2:15   doi:10.1186/1746-6148-2-15