Title:

Letter from Theophilus S. Painter to Joshua Lederberg

Creator:

Painter, Theophilus S. (Theophilus Shickel), 1889-1969

Recipient:

Lederberg, Joshua

Date:

7 February 1958

Location:

Box: 13. Folder: 3

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Theophilus S. Painter Jr.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

BBALEJ

NLM ID:

101584906X7487

Profiles Collection:

The Joshua Lederberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584906X7487

Annotation:

Author: Joshua Lederberg. Date Written: January 1, 2000. Node: Painter, Theophilus; renowned cytologist; I believe he discovered the giant chromosomes of Drosophila salivary gland; also notorious for mis-counting human chromosomes as 2n=48, which stood until Tjio and Levan, ca. 1955; here in his capacity on NAS governing council; KW: planetary quarantine; Q-37; exobiology; XF: Bronk; jl 1/1/00

Lederberg Grouping:

CC. Correspondence C.