| BIR |
Break-induced replication, a recombination-based mechanism for restarting broken replication forks. |
| CNV |
Copy number variation, variation within a population of the number of copies of a gene or length of genome. |
| DSB |
Double-strand break, a break in both strands of a DNA molecule. |
| FoSTeS |
Fork stalling and template switching, a replicative mechanism for changing chromosome structure. |
| LCR |
Low copy repeat, a length of genome that occurs twice or a few times. |
| MMBIR |
Microhomology-mediated break-induced replication, a replication-based mechanism of recombination between sequences with very little base identity, proposed here. |
| NAHR |
Nonallelic homologous recombination, homologous recombination occurring between low copy repeats. |
| NHEJ |
Nonhomologous end joining, a mechanism for repair of DNA double-strand breaks that does not require homology. |
| SD |
Segmental duplication, a repetition of a length of genome. |
