| RESEARCH GROUP NAME | Research group for Animal Breeding and Genetics |
| Head of the research group | |
| Name | András Gáspárdy |
| Academic degree | PhD |
| Organizational unit | Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Laboratory Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics |
| Email address | [Click to see email] |
| Members of the research group | András Gáspárdy |
| Ákos Maróti-Agóts | |
| Petra Zenke | |
| Orsolya Zorkóczy | |
| Brief description of research topics | We research the determination of the biodiversity of domestic and wild animal populations, breeds and species. Members of the Research Group and thesis students also participate in this. These will result in numerous publications, in some cases with the co-authorship of a foreign expert. We conduct genetic studies in domestic sheep breeds, Hungarian grey cattle and the Székely horse and Hungarian native donkey herds participating in the breed regeneration program. We examine the mitochondrial genome in relation to domestic animals. Our Ph.D. students present their research based on the above at domestic and international conferences. We develop a genetic unique identification method in fallow deer using tetrameric microsatellites. |
| Five outstanding international publications by the research group published in the past 5 years | |
| 1. Zorkóczy OK, ·Gyurcsó A, · Ózsvári L, · Lehotzky P, · Sanil R, ·Zenke P: Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification technique for sex detection in Cervidae species. Mamm Biol 105, 113–121 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-024-00457-9 | |
| 2.Maróti-Agóts Á, Wagenhoffer Zs, Józsa Cs, Kaltenecker E, Kemény B, Csurgay K, Zsigmond B, Cardinali I, Lancioni H, Gáspárdy A (2025): Phylogenetic position of Hungarian Grey cattle breed based on total representation sample. Animals, 15(9), 1186; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15091186 | |
| 3. Gáspárdy A, Gallagher G, Bartha B, Haaland H, Fekete SGy (2024): The effect of supplemental lighting during the late gestation period on post-partum mechanical properties of mare and foal guard hair. Veterinary Sciences. 11(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11010049 | |
| 4. Harmat L, Nagy J, Alpár A, Somoskői B, Fekete S Gy, Gáspárdy A (2024): Determination of Rhythmicity and Gestational Stage-Related Distribution of Blood Plasma Melatonin Concentrations in Donkey Mares. Veterinary Sciences. 11 (7):310. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11070310 | |
| 5. Zorkóczy OK, Wagenhoffer Z, Lehotzky P, Pádár Z, Zenke P: Mitochondrial Control Region Database of Hungarian Fallow Deer (Dama dama) Populations for Forensic Use. Animals. 2024; 14(13):1911. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131911 | |
| Domestic and international grants awarded to the research group that are active or not older than 5 years | Financial Center: KFKU106000 (Internal Research Grants 2023) |
| International relations and collaborations | Sanil Raveendranathanpillai, Molecular Biodiversity Lab, Department of Zoology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam 643002, The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, India |
| Industrial relations and collaborations |