Bill Hill (geneticist)

Bill Hill
OBE FRS FRSE
Born
William George Hill

(1940-08-07)7 August 1940
Died17 December 2021(2021-12-17) (aged 81)[5]
EducationSt Albans School
Alma materWye College (BSc)
University of California, Davis (MSc)
University of Edinburgh (PhD)
Awards2019 Mendel Medal from the Genetics Society
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh
ThesisStudies on artificial selection (1965)
Doctoral advisorAlan Robertson[1]
Doctoral students
Websitewww.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/william-g-hill(aadaaf9c-71b6-41e0-a64b-97fcc0e4ba92).html

William George Hill OBE FRS FRSE[6] (7 August 1940 – 17 December 2021)[7][5] was an English geneticist and statistician. He was a professor at University of Edinburgh.[8][9][7][10] He is credited as co-discoverer of the Hill–Robertson effect with his doctoral advisor, Alan Robertson.

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  2. ^ Keightley, Peter (1988). Studies of quantitative genetic variation (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/12340.Open access icon
  3. ^ Visscher, Peter Martin (1991). Estimation of genetic parameters in dairy cattle using an animal model and implications for genetic improvement (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/11505. OCLC 606115316. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.663290. Free access icon
  4. ^ Eyre-Walker, Adam (1992). "Studies of Synonymous Codon Evolution in Mammals". Edinburgh Research Archive. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b Caballero, Armando; Wang, Jinliang; López-Fanjul, Carlos (19 January 2022). "Obituary in memoriam of Professor William G. (Bill) Hill". Heredity. 128 (2): 77–78. doi:10.1038/s41437-021-00496-9. PMC 8814010.
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  7. ^ a b "HILL, Prof. William George". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Bill Hill, at Edinburgh University's site". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.
  9. ^ Mackay, Trudy F. C.; Hill, William G.; Goddard, Michael E.; Visscher, Peter M. (2008). "Data and Theory Point to Mainly Additive Genetic Variance for Complex Traits". PLOS Genetics. 4 (2): e1000008. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000008. ISSN 1553-7404. PMC 2265475. PMID 18454194. Open access icon
  10. ^ Bill Hill publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)