Research Article

The human cytomegalovirus genome revisited: comparison with the chimpanzee cytomegalovirus genome

Journal of General Virology 2003; 84(4):1053

Abstract

Fig. 7. Ka and Ks values (computed using GCG Diverge) for each homologous pair of CCMV and HCMV genes plotted against the position of the CCMV gene in its genome, with the CCMV genome arrangement (comprising major repeat and unique elements) depicted at the top of the diagram. For each pair of genes, the Ka and Ks values are marked by a filled circle and an open circle, respectively, and are joined by a solid line. For ten gene pairs where Ks was greater than 2·0, Ks is marked by a bar at 2·0. Nine gene pairs for which Ks values were not calculable are denoted at the top of the graph panel by filled squares. Median values for Ka (all gene pairs) and Ks (excluding the nine pairs with Ks greater than 2·0) are shown as dashed lines.