... BN and BSt models was 0.77 for GL, and 0.81 for BW, indicating re-ranking o f siresamong models. Considering only sires ranked in the top 100 for GL and BW using the BN model, 82% and 75% of ... than that of the BN model.Posterior densities of direct and maternal heritabilities, and genetic correlations from BSt and BN models for GLandBWareshowninFigures 2and3 .Posteriormeans of direct ... yi, m)’ is a vector of phenotypicvalues of animal i for m traits, b is a vector of fixedeffects, a is a vector of random genetic effects, h is avector of uncorrelated random effects such as...