In this paper a multivariate heterogeneous variance components model is developed, which allows for determining location specific variance components in the analysis of multiple related traits. In addition to spatial heterogeneity, genetic similarities are also considered by assigning genetic variance components. The performance of the developed model is evaluated through an extensive simulation study and comparison of models are conducted by heritability estimations. Simulation study reveals that the developed method can well control the locational heterogeneity and under the developed model the heritability estimations are close to desired proportions. A real plant breeding data set is used for illustration.

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In this paper a multivariate heterogeneous variance components model is developed, which allows for determining location specific variance components in the analysis of multiple related traits. In addition to spatial heterogeneity, genetic similarities are also considered by assigning genetic variance components. The performance of the developed model is evaluated through an extensive simulation study and comparison of models are conducted by heritability estimations. Simulation study reveals that the developed method can well control the locational heterogeneity and under the developed model the heritability estimations are close to desired proportions. A real plant breeding data set is used for illustration.

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