Repeated Measures in MCMCglmm model

Hi Tricia,

How do you define plasticity, as the slope of the regression of oxygen  
consumption on temperature, acclimation temperature or some aspect of  
both?

If it was temperature I would fit the random effect term  
us(1+temp):species which allows different species to have different  
levels of plasticity which is phylogentically correlated. However,  
with 18 (?) species it is going to be hard to get precise estimates of  
how variable plasticity is across different species.

Its not clear whether you have multiple individuals per species? If  
there is only one individual per species then us(1+temp):ID models  
between-species variation in plasticity not determined by phylogeny  
and any between individual (within-species) variation in plasticity.  
If you have multiple individuals per species then you could separate  
these two effects.

Also, does your code work?  You have associated the A inverse with  
species but then fitted animal in your random model  - you should have  
species in the random model rather than animal.

Cheers,

Jarrod

Quoting Tricia Markle <markl033 at umn.edu> on Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:41:58 -0600:

Repeated Measures in MCMCglmm model

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