This research line aims to identify modern techniques related to animal breeding, methods for fertility assessment and seek for solutions related to breeding performance:

• Biotechnology applied to animal selection, biological safety and distribution of genetic material in distinct production systems;
• Epigenetics control of gametogenesis and initial embryogenesis;
• Effects of genetic improvement in two pig breeds in different countries;
• Transcriptome and epigenome studies of gametes adn embryos;
• Environmental and nutritional factors affecting the productive and reproducive efficiency of animals of zootechnical interest;
• Factors affecting reproductive efficiency of bovine herds