Main research areas in the department
Gáspárdy András:
- Performance (life performance) of dairy and beef cattle
- Genetic diversity of endangered herds
- Reproductive biology indicators of farm animals, their biometric processing
- Estimation of their genetic parameters
Maróti-Agóts Ákos:
- Advanced tools for phenotyping
- Phylogenetic research on ancestral breeds
- Preventing the inbreeding deterioration of Hungarian dog breeds (FEDO.HU)
Zöldág László:
- Color genetics of domestic animals
- Hereditary diseases of domestic animals
Zenke Petra:
- Genetic detection of certain characteristics of domestic animals: e.g., color genetics, inbreeding, heat stress, disease susceptibility
- Forensic animal genetics: species-, individual- and sex identification, population genetics
- Wildlife genetics: biodiversity, food safety, genetic differentiation of hybrid individuals
- Sex determination in zoo animals; fetal sex detected by non-invasive methods from maternal blood plasma
- Developments for detecting degraded and minimal amounts of DNA from biological remains of different types and ages
Kárpáti Edina:
- To perform a full pedigree analysis of the domestic racka sheep (Hortobágyi Hungarian racka and Gyimesi racka)
- To determine the maternal genetic background of Hungarian racka sheep based on the mtDNA control region
- Monitoring blood plasma melatonin levels in ewes at different stages of gestation and at lambing
Zorkóczy Orsolya Krisztina:
- Individual identification, species identification and sexing of local game species