Arthur wrote:-
<snip>
>Lets start with
>
> intake1 intake2 intake3 other ~ Trait Tr.line Tr.feedflock Tr.damage,
> Tr.brtype Tr.sex !r Tr.sire
>
> 1 2 0
> 1728 #no. of animals in the data
> Tr 0 US E11 E12 E22 E31 E32 E33 E41 E42 E43 E44 !=1212213330
>
> Tr.sire 2
> Tr 0 US G11 G12 G22 G31 G32 G33 G41 G42 G43 G44 !=4545546660
> sire
>
>SO what we have here is setting the model up as standard multivariate
>and then constraining the intake variances and covariances.
>
>You could of course fit it with unconstrained variances.
>
>The way the first model was fitted, the 'units' term gave the E12 E32 R32
>covariances and the 'units + residual' gave the E11, E22 and E33 terms.
>
>The sire term gave G11=G21=G22=G31=G32=G33
>
>When you get this running, you may see how to extend to more complex models.
Okay, I can see how that might work.
But for a repeatability model, you need to have the
genetic correlation equal to one among the 3 intake
traits. I don't see how you do this, I know it
uses the and() function in some way, but I don't understand it.
Ron.