Welcome to the website of the Department of Genetics and Breeding
Genetics is a field of biological research, the findings of which allow us to understand the essence of the cycle of life and the development of living systems in connection with environmental changes. For this reason, it is an integral part of the education of a modern person trying to achieve not only a universal education in the field of natural sciences, but also in applied fields related to the protection and development of the environment. In fields related to biological production, it has its integral place in relation to increasing the productivity and quality of food and natural resources, as well as the stability and sustainability of production ecosystems.
Man is alive not only by food ... genetics is also an integral guide to the vast majority of areas of interest that focus on living organisms, whether it is the correct approach to reproduction, maintaining desired characteristics or acquiring and consolidating new characteristics and limiting or even suppressing characteristics unwanted. We keep all this in mind when we appear before students of all educational programs with the aim of passing on our experiences and new knowledge, or before the professional public when preparing interdisciplinary research projects and their subsequent solution.
The field today covers a wide area from molecular genetics to quantitative and population genetics. The scientific concept of the field therefore combines the work procedures and research tools at the molecular level, and on the other hand, the procedures of mathematical statistics, using powerful computing technology and working with large sets of individuals. The study of populations in the field of animal breeding can reach national and often even transnational dimensions.
The workplace is focused on both plant genetics and animal genetics. Genetics is the basis for breeding, which consists in the deliberate use of genetic laws to improve desired characteristics in bred crops and livestock. Own methods are related to breeding, such as methods for predicting the breeding (breeding) value of individuals, methods for determining the effects of hybridization, methods for modeling gene flow (Gene Flow), i.e. the transfer of genes between generations, as well as economic evaluation of individual traits and selection and hybridization programs.
On the following pages, you will find basic information about the structure and focus of the Department and the current state of the department's research and educational activities, which are reflected in the development of experimental conditions at the workplace, in the acquisition of funds for the solution of research projects and in publication activities.
