Morris Soller

Morris Soller (1931–) is a research professor in the Department of Genetics of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is especially interested in livestock- and crop- genetics including trypanotolerance in cattle.

Early life and education

Soller was born in 1931[1] in Manhattan, New York City, USA[2] At the age of 12 he was first inspired to learn about genetics by reading The Theory of the Gene by Thomas Hunt Morgan.[3][2][4]: ix  While an undergraduate he read Jay Laurence Lush's Animal Breeding Plans and learned much from it[2][3] – and interestingly would receive the award named for Lush 50 years later – see below.[3] Soller also learned much from the writings of Ronald Fisher and Sewall Wright during this time.[2] In 1951 he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture and then in 1956 both a Master's Degree in Applied Statistics and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Animal Breeding from Rutgers University.[1][3][2] He would later return to his birth country for further postdoctoral education at Indiana University and Roosevelt University in biochemistry.[1]

Research and teaching career

In 1957 he was hired by the Volcani Center as their senior scientist for animal breeding and by Bar-Ilan University as a senior lecturer of Biology and Genetics.[1] He moved his family to Israel where they have lived most of their lives since.[1] Between 1966 and 1972 Soller was a lecturer at Roosevelt University in the USA.[1] In 1972 he returned to Israel to lecture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in their Department of Genetics.[1] He would eventually become a full professor and emeritus professor in 2000.[1] He has since continued actively in lecturing and research including sabbaticals as the Cotswold Visiting Scientist at Iowa State University, at the University of Illinois and elsewhere.[1]

Soller is the originator of quantitative trait locus mapping and marker-assisted selection.[1][3] He began noticing the statistical patterns and composing the mathematical tools that would be required for these techniques in 1974, while studying crop genetics and livestock genetics.[1] He went on to collaborate with his students and peers to create the F2,[1] backcrossing,[1] full sib,[1] half sib,[1] granddaughter,[1][3] AIL[1] and selective DNA pooling[1][3] techniques in QTL mapping.[1] Along with other laboratories around the world, his group developed some of the earliest restriction fragment length polymorphism markers for cattle and microsatellite markers for chickens.[3]

He has especially become known for using these techniques to analyse trypanotolerance in cattle, especially in the N'Dama breed.[1][2] Soller has also applied QTL analysis to dairy traits and Marek's disease.[1][2]

Professional recognition

discovery of genetic science"[5]: 119 

Publications

As of 2012 Soller had authored and coauthored over 170 peer reviewed publications, and many book chapters and encyclopedia articles.[1][3] The organisms he has studied include cattle and chickens, but also extend to plants, viruses, mice, pigs and others.[3]

  • Kemp, Stephen J.; Iraqi, Fuad; Darvasi, Ariel; Soller, Morris; Teale, Alan J. (1997). "Localization of genes controlling resistance to trypanosomiasis in mice". Nature Genetics. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 16 (2): 194–196. doi:10.1038/ng0697-194. ISSN 1061-4036. PMID 9171834. S2CID 19998760. Localization of genes controlling resistance to trypanosomiasis in mice (Q58843113).
—Popularly cited including by[7][8][9][10][11]
— An autobiography Soller was invited to write by Annual Reviews

References
  1. "Soller" (PDF). International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG).
  2. Soller, Morris (2015-02-16). "If a Bull Were a Cow, How Much Milk Would He Give?". Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. Annual Reviews. 3 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1146/annurev-animal-022114-110751. ISSN 2165-8102. PMID 25493539. S2CID 46733451.
  3. Khatib, Hasan (2012-06-28). "Foreword". Animal Genetics. International Foundation for Animal Genetics (Wiley). 43 (s1): 1. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2012.02390.x. ISSN 0268-9146. PMID 22742497. S2CID 26400727.
  4. Womack, James E. (2012). Bovine genomics. Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. xi+271. ISBN 978-0-8138-2122-1. OCLC 780445244. ISBN 978-1-118-30173-9.
  5. Iowa State University (2011). (PDF). pp. 1–120 https://www.graduation.iastate.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/programs/program-s11.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Honorary Members". International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG). Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  7. van der Waaij, Elisabeth Hillechien. Breeding for trypanotolerance in African cattle (phd). Animal Breeding and Genetics Group Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences. ISBN 90-5808-458-2. S2CID 80958484.
  8. Kemp, S.J.; Teale, A.J. (1998). "Genetic Basis of Trypanotolerance in Cattle and Mice". Parasitology Today. Elsevier. 14 (11): 450–454. doi:10.1016/s0169-4758(98)01334-9. ISSN 0169-4758. PMID 17040846. S2CID 3253779.
  9. Darvasi, Ariel (1998). "Experimental strategies for the genetic dissection of complex traits in animal models". Nature Genetics. Nature Portfolio. 18 (1): 19–24. doi:10.1038/ng0198-19. ISSN 1061-4036. PMID 9425894. S2CID 25815459.
  10. Naessens, J. (2006). "Bovine trypanotolerance: A natural ability to prevent severe anaemia and haemophagocytic syndrome?". International Journal for Parasitology. Australian Society for Parasitology (Elsevier). 36 (5): 521–528. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.384.4142. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.012. ISSN 0020-7519. PMID 16678182. S2CID 11889368.
  11. d'Ieteren, G.D.M.; Authie, E.; Wissocq, N.; Murray, M. (1998-04-01). "Trypanotolerance, an option for sustainable livestock production in areas at risk from trypanosomosis". Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE. O.I.E (World Organisation for Animal Health). 17 (1): 154–175. doi:10.20506/rst.17.1.1088. ISSN 0253-1933. PMID 9638808. S2CID 1188831.
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