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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mutat Res. 2006 Dec 8;616(1-2):46–59. doi: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2006.11.021

Figure 2. Nonallelic Homologous Recombination Events Among TEs Generate Multiple Rearrangments.

Figure 2

Three of several possible rearrangments resulting from nonallelic recombination are depicted. In the first instance, misallignment of sister chromatids during recombination or DNA repair yield insertion and deletion mutations. In the second instance, recombination between two homolgous TEs in direct orientation on the same physical chromsome results in an inversion of the intervening sequence. In the third image, alignment with a nonhomologous chromosome results in the translocation of chromosome arms.