Figure 6.

Divergent and concerted evolution. (A) The phylogenetic pattern of divergent and concerted evolution evolution. Paralogs and orthologs diverge at similar degrees in the first scenario, while they get frequently homogenized during concerted evolution. A cyanobacterial cell during cell division without homologous recombination. All daughter cells will exhibit the same chromosome as the mother cell. (B) Replication pattern during cell division under divergent and concerted evolution. If during cell devision homologous recombination takes place in half of the recombinants the daughter cells will exhibit the same chromosome as the mother. For the other half of recombinants, each gene copy has a $\frac{1}{4}$ chance of replacing the other. Once gene copies are identical homologous recombination cannot reverse the process. Hence if this process is repeated recursively at a population level, one gene copy will eventually get fixed.