fullfact (version 1.5.2)

observGlmer2: Variance components for non-normal data 2

Description

Extracts additive genetic, non-additive genetic, and maternal variance components from a generalized linear mixed-effect model using the glmer function of the lme4 package. Model random effects are dam, sire, and dam by sire. Options to include one random position and/or one random block effect(s).

Usage

observGlmer2(observ, dam, sire, response, fam_link, position = NULL, block = NULL,
quasi = F)

Value

A list object containing the raw variance components, the variance components as a percentage of the total variance component. Also, contains the difference in AIC and BIC, and likelihood ratio test Chi-square and p-value for all random effects.

Arguments

observ

Data frame of observed data.

dam

Column name containing dam (female) parent identity information.

sire

Column name containing sire (male) parent identity information.

response

Column name containing the offspring (response) phenotype values.

fam_link

The family and link in family(link) format. Supported options are binomial(link="logit"), binomial(link="probit"), poisson(link="log"), and poisson(link="sqrt").

position

Optional column name containing position factor information.

block

Optional column name containing block factor information.

quasi

Incorporate overdispersion or quasi-error structure.

Details

Laplace approximation parameter estimation is used, which is a true likelihood method (Bolker et al. 2009). For the overdispersion option, an observation-level random effect is added to the model (Atkins et al. 2013). Extracts the dam, sire, dam, and dam by sire variance components. Extracts optional position and block variance components. The residual variance component for the fam_links are described by Nakagawa and Schielzeth (2010, 2013). Calculates the total variance component. Calculates the additive genetic, non-additive genetic, and maternal variance components (see Lynch and Walsh 1998, p. 603). Significance values for the random effects are determined using likelihood ratio tests (Bolker et al. 2009).

References

Atkins DC, Baldwin SA, Zheng C, Gallop RJ, Neighbors C. 2013. A tutorial on count regression and zero-altered count models for longitudinal substance use data. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 27(1): 166-177. DOI: 10.1037/a0029508

Bolker BM, Brooks ME, Clark CJ, Geange SW, Poulsen JR, Stevens MHH, White J-SS. 2009. Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24(3): 127-135. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.10.008

Lynch M, Walsh B. 1998. Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits. Sinauer Associates, Massachusetts.

Nakagawa S, Schielzeth H. 2010. Repeatability for Gaussian and non-Gaussian data: a practical guide for biologists. Biological Reviews 85(4): 935-956. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00141.x

Nakagawa S, Schielzeth H. 2013. A general and simple method for obtaining R2 from generalized linear mixed-effects models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4(2): 133-142. DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00261.x

See Also

observGlmer, observGlmer3

Examples

data(chinook_survival) #Chinook salmon offspring survival
## Convert replicate-level recorded data to individual-level (binary) data
chinook_survival2<- buildBinary(dat=chinook_survival,copy=c(2:6,9),one="alive",zero="dead")
#
if (FALSE) survival_mod2<- observGlmer2(observ=chinook_survival2,dam="dam",sire="sire",
response="status",fam_link=binomial(link="logit"),position="tray")  #a few minutes
survival_mod2