“…Differential staining of sister chromatids based on the incorporation of 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) into DNA [Goto et al, 1975;Ikushima and Wolff, 1974;Korenberg and Freedlender, 1974; Latt, 1973;Perry and Wolff, 1974;Scheres et al, 19771 has permitted the development of various systems for detecting and analyzing the effect of physical and chemical mutagens on the induction of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in vivo [Allen and Latt, 1976;Allen et al, 1977;Bloom and Hsu, 1975;Comer et al, 1978;Kanda and Kato, 1979;Kligerman and Bloom, 1976;Morales-Ramirez, 1980;Pera and Mattias, 1976;Schneider et al, 1976;Vogel and Bauknecht, 19761, as well as in vitro [Guerrero et al, 1979;Latt, 1974;Perry and Evans, 1975;Raffetto et al, 1979;Stetka and Wolff, 19761. These systems are quite sensitive to chemical mutagens [Abe and Sasaki, 1977;Nakanishi and Schneider, 1979;Perry and Evans, 1975;Popescu et al, 19771 and ultraviolet (UV) light [MacRae et al, 1979;Popescu et al, 19791 but contradictory data have been obtained with ionizing radiation.…”