Average semivariance yields accurate estimates of the fraction of marker-associated genetic variance and heritability in complex trait analyses

• Mitchell J. Feldmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7257-3401

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• Hans-Peter Piepho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• William C. Bridges,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Steven J. Knapp

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sjknapp@ucdavis.edu

  Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6498-5409

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