The manual contains theoretical and demonstration material , revealing the basic concepts and fundamental scientific provisions of the discipline Genetics of plants and animals , necessary for the formation of students' holistic ideas about the phenomena of heredity and variability , as well as on the practical use of the achievements of genetics in plant breeding. Intended for full-time and part-time students of the training direction 35. 03. 07 Technology of production and processing of agricultural products . Compiled in accordance with the requirements of the current federal state educational standard of higher education . It is an element of the educational and methodological complex in the discipline of Plant and Animal Genetics. Can be useful for agricultural specialists, graduate students and students of agricultural and biological profiles, teachers of secondary professional educational institutions .