Covariance Fixed to 1

When you fix a covariance to 1, does this mean in layman’s terms that the two variants perfectly covary?

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Yep!

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(Well, actually, it means that they perfectly covary if their variances are 1 - meaning they’re standardized.)

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Yes, but importantly we are looking at traits here and not variants :)

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not specific variants*

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so not the snps?

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variance and variances (properties of a trait/variable)not variants (snps) - sorry I know this is hard to hear some times