Prof. Joseph (Jossi) Hillel
Emeritus
Population and Quantitative geneticist with experience in gene mapping projects aimed to detect genes (QTLs) controlling quantitative complex traits.
Biodiversity and phylogeny of worldwide chicken populations. Phylogeny based on Y chromosome-specific microsatellites in man (males) and W-specific in chicken (females). Matrilineal analysis based on mitochondria and W chromosome in chicken. Reconstruction of the Samaritans history.