Figure 5.

This is a schematic diagram that illustrates several of the most likely varieties of mishybridization. Mishybridization can occur between a set word (shown as a blue line) and word complement (red line) or any combination thereof. The thin black line connecting the word sequences (blue lines) indicates a junction. In practice, there is no special separation between words at the junction. Rather, there is one continuous sequence of nucleotides. The junction break is shown here for convenience. The short black vertical lines indicate hypothetical base pairings.