Theophilus Painter

Theophilus Painter
Born
Theophilus Shickel Painter

(1889-08-22)August 22, 1889
DiedOctober 5, 1969(1969-10-05) (aged 80)
Known forSex-determination genes X and Y
AwardsNational Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas

Theophilus Shickel Painter (August 22, 1889 – October 5, 1969) was an American zoologist best known for his work on the structure and function of chromosomes, especially the sex-determination genes X and Y in humans.[1][2] He was the first to discover that human sex was determined by an X/Y heteromorphic chromosomal pair mechanism.[3][4][5] He also carried out work in identifying genes in fruit flies (Drosophila).[6] His work exploited the giant polytene chromosomes in the salivary glands of Drosophila and other Dipteran larvae.[7] Painter was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1938 and the American Philosophical Society in 1939.[8][9]

  1. ^ Painter, Theophilus S. (1921). "The Y-Chromosome in Mammals". Science. 53 (1378): 503–504. Bibcode:1921Sci....53..503P. doi:10.1126/science.53.1378.503. PMID 17839040.
  2. ^ Entry on Painter by Dorothy Haskett in The Embryo Project Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Painter, Theophilus S. (1924). "The Sex Chromosomes of Man". Amer. Naturalist. 58 (659): 506–524. doi:10.1086/280002.
  4. ^ Ruddle, Frank H. (2004). "Theophilus painter: First steps toward an understanding of the human genome". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 301A (5): 375–377. Bibcode:2004JEZA..301..375R. doi:10.1002/jez.a.20072. PMID 15114644.
  5. ^ Glass, Bentley (1990) Theophilus Shickel Painter 1889—1969: A Biographical Memoir, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC. Retrieved 24 Jan 2022.
  6. ^ Painter, Theophilus S. (1934). "A New Method for the Study of Chromosome Aberrations and the Plotting of Chromosome Maps in Drosophila Melanogaster". Genetics. 19 (3): 175–188. doi:10.1093/genetics/19.3.175. PMC 1208478. PMID 17246718.
  7. ^ Painter, Theophilus S. (1934). "The Morphology of the X Chromosome in Salivary Glands of Drosophila Melanogaster and a New Type of Chromosome Map for This Element". Genetics. 19 (5): 448–469. doi:10.1093/genetics/19.5.448. PMC 1208493. PMID 17246733.
  8. ^ "Theophilus Shickel Painter". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  9. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.