Statistical power of using different kinship for four species (Arabidopsis, Rice, Dog and Maize).

A set of SNPs was randomly sampled as causal QTNs for the simulated traits (0.04%, 0.05%, 0.085% and 1%, of the total number of SNPs for Arabidopsis, Rice, Dog, and Maize, respectively). The statistical power was estimated with heritability of 0.75. Power is defined as the proportion of QTNs detected under type I error of 5%. A total of 100 replications was conducted for each method. The statistical power shown here is the average of 100 replications.Statistical power of using different kinship for four species (Arabidopsis, Rice, Dog and Maize).