Adjacent sequences influence DNA repair accompanying transposon excision in maize

Transposon footprints are rearrangements of DNA sequences caused by the flanking of mobile elements. An analysis of a corn gene responsible for expressing waxiness revealed that the development of transposon footprints followed a definite arrangement within the sites where they excise. It is suggested that the definitive arrangement of transposon footprints result from the flanking sequences of transposons during DNA repair processes.