[R-sig-ME] informative prior for one variance

[Van Dongen Stefan]

Dear list members,

We are currently running a tri-variate model in MCMCglmm in order to estimate repeatabilities of and correlations among three behavioral traits. For one variance-component, we have prior data, and thus we would like to use an informative prior distribution for that one component only. Is that possible in MCMCglmm?

many thanks and kind regards

Stefan


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Prof. Dr. Stefan Van Dongen
Evolutionary Ecology - Department of Biology - University of Antwerp (http://www.ua.ac.be/eveco)
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