We have derived a strategy to detect sequential incorporation of thymidine analogues (CldU and IdU) into tissues of adult mice to quantify two successive rounds of cell division. This strategy is useful to detect cell turnover of long-lived tissues, oncogenic transformation, or transit-amplifying cells.
Tuttle, A. H., Rankin, M. M., Teta, M., Sartori, D. J., Stein, G. M., Kim, G. J., Virgilio, C., Granger, A., Zhou, D., Long, S. H., Schiffman, A. B., Kushner, J. A. Immunofluorescent Detection of Two Thymidine Analogues (CldU and IdU) in Primary Tissue. J. Vis. Exp. (46), e2166, doi:10.3791/2166 (2010).