relating to chromosomes that are not part of the same pair
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The frequencies of nonhomologous/ectopic associations between tandem repeat clusters were revealed in a genotype-/population-specific manner.
Yulia Pollak, Yulia Pollak, Einat Zelinger, Olga Raskina 2018, 'Repetitive DNA in the Architecture, Repatterning, and Diversification of the Genomeof Aegilops speltoides Tausch (Poaceae, Triticeae)', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01779/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, nucleotide resolution analysis of 98 breakpoint junctions indicates that break repair involves nonhomologous or microhomology-mediated end joining.
Wigard P. Kloosterman, Masoumeh Tavakoli-Yaraki, Markus J. van Roosmalen, Ellen van Binsbergen,Ivo Renkens, Karen Duran, Lucia Ballarati, Sarah Vergult, Daniela Giardino, KerstinHansson, Claudia A.L. Ruivenkamp, Myrthe Jager, Arie van Haeringen, Elly F. Ippel,Thomas Haaf, Eberhard Passarge, Ron Hochstenbach, Björn Menten, Lidia Larizza, VictorGuryev, Martin Poot, Edwin Cuppen 2012, 'Constitutional Chromothripsis Rearrangements Involve Clustered Double-Stranded DNABreaks and Nonhomologous Repair Mechanisms', Cell Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124712001349. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phylogenetically related khipu units are spread between numerous chromosome ends, suggesting frequent exchanges between nonhomologous subtelomeres.
Manon M. S. Richard, Nicolas W. G. Chen, Vincent eThareau, Stephanie ePflieger, SophieeBlanchet, Andrea ePedrosa-Harand, Aiko eIwata, Carolina eChavarro, Scott eJackson,Valerie eGeffroy 2013, 'The subtelomeric khipu satellite repeat from Phaseolus vulgaris: lessons learned fromthe genome analysis of the Andean genotype G19833', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00109/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)