My question is if it will be equivalent an animal model with all
individuals being considered founders to a mixed-effects model without
considering the A relationship matrix. In the animal model, if all
individuals were founders the A matrix will be a identity matrix, so I
think that both models could be equivalent, but I am not sure.

The purpose of this question is to make use of some specific programs
(developed to estimated variance components) to run some mixed-effects
models without considering the relationships among individuals.

Thank you.


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Manuel Ramón
m.ramon.fernandez@gmail.com

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