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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):203–208. doi: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.08.015

Figure 2. Hypothetical possibilities of metakaryotic genome organization of homologously paired chromosomes with pangenomic telomere joining that result in the observed 23 doublets of centromeric staining and 23 doublets of telomeric staining.

Figure 2

This could be accomplished simply by a set of 23 single homologously paired chromatid rings (chromosomes) or a single pangenomic ring (chromosome) of homologously paired chromatids. However, a large number of permutations of paired chromatid order and combinations as oligo-chromosomal rings are possible, One such set is illustrated here as a tri-ring or chromosome model containing a ring with three specific homologously paired telomere-joined chromatids and two different rings each containing ten specific other chromatid pairs with joined telomeres, totaling 23 chromatid pairs.