Figure 6. Mitotic recombination events detected by WGS.

Paired-end reads next to deletions as well as their read pair mates that mapped to a different chromosome were extracted. De novo assembly of these reads, starting with a single seed that mapped next to the deletion, generated new contigs. Hypothetical scenarios of recombination events that created gene conversions are shown on the left; the sequence alignments of the contigs (center sequences), where the two sequences from different chromosomes joined, are on the right. The chromosomal position (with orientation) and the var gene ID are indicated when applicable.