Resumen
- The objectives of this research were to compare variance components, genetic parameters, and EBV rankings for birth weight (BW) direct and maternal, weaning weight (WW) direct and maternal, and postweaning gain from 205 d to 365 d (PWG) direct using three genomic–polygenic and one polygenic model representing four plausible beef cattle genetic evaluation scenarios for growth traits under subtropical conditions in the US southern region. In addition, EBV trends as percentage Brahman increased from 0% to 100% were evaluated for each trait and model. The dataset included 5264 animals from a multibreed Angus–Brahman population born from 1987 to 2013. Genomic–polygenic models 1 (GP1; pedigree relationships for all animals; genomic relationships for genotyped animals), 2 (GP2; pedigree relationships for non-genotyped animals; genomic relationships for genotyped animals), and 3 (GP3; no pedigree relationships; genomic relationships for genotyped animals) used actual and imputed genotypes from 46,768 SNP markers. Variance components and genetic parameters were estimated using REML procedures.