Fig. 9
From: Novel crossover and recombination hotspots massively spread across primate genomes
AT-TTUs are a novel mechanism for the emergence of STRs. For simplicity, only the alleles involved in the process of STR emergence are depicted. Models of the birth and maturation of (TTA)3 STRs in C184 (A) and (B), (ATA)3 STRs in C457 (C), (D), and (E) and (ATA)3 STRs in C190 (C) and (D)