Fig. 1

Multiple genome alignment of CyCMV Mauritius, CyCMV Ottawa, RhCMV 68–1, and RhCMV 180.92. Genome homology and rearrangement are presented using the MAUVE multiple genome alignment algorithm. Locally collinear blocks are indicated differentiated by colour and connected by linking line. Within collinear blocks column height indicates average conservation of base pairs locally between homologous collinear blocks in other strains, full columns indicate regions fully conserved between species while empty columns indicate unique regions to the particular genome or absences. Collinear blocks shown above the x-axis are in the same orientation, with those shown below reversed in comparison to the same co-linear blocks in other species