Cytological Detection of Somatic Mutations in Tradescantia Induced by Ethanol

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Tradescantia clone 02 was used as a biological test system to compare the mutagenic effects of some solvents as ethanol, chloroform, thinner in vapour forms and those previously obtained with methanol.
Frequencies of pink mutations obtained during the 7th to 16th days after treatment with the solvents were compared. The analysis of the results pointed out that Tradescantia was sensitive to the mutagenic effects of ethanol. Meanwhile chloroform and thinner vapours produced mutations frequencies similar to the spontaneous one.
According to the results, ethanol and methanol were included in the same group of mutagens, weaker than SO₂, NO₂ and vinyl chloride and specially than powerful mutagens such as ethyl methanesulfonate and 1, 2-dibromoethane.