From: Mutation spectrum of Drosophila CNVs revealed by breakpoint sequencing
Type of breakpoint | Drosophila | Human (Conrad et al.)a | Human (Kidd et al.)b | Molecular mechanism(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | % | n | % | n | % |  |
Blunt | 223 | 35 | 58 | 19 | 82 | 11 | NHEJ |
Microhomology | 262 | 41 | 151 | 50 | 289 | 39 | MMEJ, replication-associated repair |
Blunt and large stretches of sequence identity (³20 bp) | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 1 | 219 | 29 | SSA, NAHR, replication-associated repair |
Inserted/deleted bases | 143 | 22 | 81 | 27 | 153 | 21 | NHEJ, replication-associated repair |
Inserted/deleted bases and microhomology | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3c | 0.4 | MMEJ, replication-associated repair |
Total | 644 | Â | 302 | Â | 743 | Â | Â |