ABSTRACT - The multiple sire system (MSS) is a common mating scheme in extensive beef production systems. However, MSS does not allow paternity identification and lead to inaccurate genetic predictions. The objective of this study was to investigate the implementation of single-step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP) in different scenarios of uncertain paternity in the evaluation for 450-day adjusted liveweight (W450) and age at first calving (AFC) in a Nellore cattle population.

ABSTRACT - Soybean (Glycine max L.) is one of the four most important crops in the world. The creation of new commercial varieties is a long-term activity that requires from seven to eight years from the beginning of the cross design up to registration for commercialization of cultivars. Rapid generation advance (RGA) is a technique that consists of controlling external factors that affect plant growth with the aim of shortening the sowing to harvest cycle.

SUMMARY - A total of 1058 animals from 23 different breed combinations (86% steers, 14% heifers) were slaughtered with an average age of 2½ years between 1996 and 2001. Heritabilities and genetic correlations were estimated for the following traits:weight at 12, 15 and 18 months of age, slaughter and carcass weights (hot carcass weight, pistola weight, valuable cuts weight), ribeye area, subcutaneous fat thickness and subcutaneous fat thickness at P8. The posterior mean of the heritability for live weights increases with age, from 0.33 at 12mo to 0.58 at the slaughter weight.