Work discipline program for specialties 012300 'Biochemistry', 01600 'Biology', 013500 'Bioecology', 013100 'Ecology', 012300 'Biochemistry' and directions 510600 'Biology', 511100 'Ecology and environmental management'. The aim of the course is to familiarize with the laws of inheritance and variability at all levels of the organization of the living ; obtaining modern ideas about the organization of hereditary material, mechanisms of gene transfer and expression ; familiarity with the basics of modern methods of genetics, genetic engineering, selection . The program was prepared at the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of Human and Animals of KrasSU