Because gene conversion is supposed to work effectively on young duplicates [ 34], we expect the two paralogs in primates continue diverging since gene conversion ceased.
While in some species, almost the entire gene sequences have undergone concerted evolution, others had a mosaic pattern of conversion events, where some segments of the genes are homogenized and evolved in concert, while others diverged without gene conversion [ 27].
Under mosaic evolution, segments of the gene are homogenized and evolve in concert, while others diverge without gene conversion [ 21].
Second, L. major and L. infantum isoforms are very similar but not homogenised; this would be expected if these species only recently diverged and gene conversion is a relatively rare event between paralogous loci in trans.
The set of GOT1Sd/ genesr genes appear to be in the process of diverging with gradually decreasing gene conversion given that one copy does not maintain its open reading frame and does not appear to be expressed.
The totality of our findings suggests that gene conversion between homologous alleles of diverging chromosomes could be a significant evolutionary force shaping young regions of suppressed recombination in the N. tetrasperma mat chromosomes.
First, the three genes may represent positional orthologs that are rapidly diverging as a result of gene duplication and conversion (Figure 6) and therefore appear less closely related.
Increasing the inflammatory response by exogenous administration of IFNγ, PolyI C or CpG did not affect memory conversion in the late transferred group, suggesting that the diverging antigen load early versus later during acute infection had determined their fate.
The projections of different management regimes until 2070 show the diverging medium-term effects of thinnings and harvests and long-term effects of species conversion on a regional scale.
TE families exhibit concerted evolution, changing in sequence together within a population while diverging cohesively between populations through the combined actions of element replication and loss, and/or gene conversion.
Why this diverging picture?
