Mean squared error expressed as a function of bin size for design III.

<p>The mean squared errors were obtained from 100 replicated simulations. The overall proportion of the phenotypic variance contributed by all simulated QTL was calculated using . Each panel contains the result of five different sample sizes (<i>n</i>). The phenotypic variance of the simulated trait is indicated by the dashed horizontal line in each panel (each panel represents one of the four different scenarios).