Plant genetics Plant genetics Plant genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity specifically in Plants. It is generally considered a field of biology and botany, but intersects frequently with many other life sciences and is strongly linked with the study of information systems. Plant genetics is similar in many ways to animal genetics but differs in a few key areas. The discoverer of genetics is Gregor Mendel, a late 19th-century scientist and Augustinian friar. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring. He observed that organisms (most famously pea plants) inherit
NASU Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics NASU Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics The Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IPPG) is a leading scientific research organisation in the Ukrainian city of Kiev. Founded in 1946 as a branch of the Institute of Botany, the Institute specialises in crop breeding, plant physiology, genetics and cellular engineering. On 2007, the Institute has 7 departments, 3 regional science centers with about 1,000 employees. Scientific research of the Institute are executed after perspective directions, NAN of Ukraine ratified Presidium The institute comprises scientific schools in the following disciplines: For a general