Fig. 5

Two-dimensional bit-score plots between CMV strains. Graphs represent comparisons of gene homologue bit-scores across three strains simultaneously. Comparison of CyCMV Mauritius versus CyCMV Ottawa and CyCMV Mauritius versus RhCMV 68–1 (a), CyCMV Mauritius versus RhCMV 180.92 and CyCMV Mauritius versus RhCMV 68–1 (b), and CyCMV Mauritius versus RhCMV 180.92 and CyCMV Mauritius versus CyCMV Ottawa (c). Genes are coloured according to known function. Immune ORFs are involved in host immune regulation or evasion, entry ORFs are known cell entry factors, temperance ORFs are involved in temperance of viral growth, membrane ORFs are presented in cell membrane on infected cells or in virions, DNA/nuclear are known to interact with DNA or shuttle to the cell nucleus, capsid ORFs form the virus capsid, tegument proteins are found in the viral tegument, the function of ORFs with other known function vary, and the function is unknown at the time of writing for ORFs plotted as unknown. Individual ORF may have several functions; see Additional file 3: Figure S2, Additional file 4: Figure S3, Additional file 5: Figure S4 and Additional file 6: Figure S5 for visualization without overlap. Select genes are annotated according to their CyCMV Mauritius names