Description
Originally proposed by @DeepakPhuyal, see sars-cov-2-variants/lineage-proposals#1183
Description:BA.2.86.4/GK.1 recombinant, First and biggest part (incl. from Spike) from BA.2.86.4
Private mutations: Really private:C1601T, T4654C, T7633C, C9661T and A19326G (thanks @Over-There-Is )
From BA.2.86.4: T5767C, A8633G
From GK.1: T25496C, G27014A
Breakpoint: between nucleotide 23673 and 24378 (Spike 704 and 939)
Earliest sequence: 2023-11-13 from Ireland
Most recent sequence: 2024-01-22 from England
Countries circulating: Ireland 20, England 7, Scotland 1
GISAID query: A18492G, C23604G, A25045G, C25658T
or C897A, A7842G, C1601T, A8633G found by @aviczhl2
CovSpectrum query: https://cov-spectrum.org/explore/World/AllSamples/Past6M/variants?nucMutations=C25658T&pangoLineage=BA.2.86.4*&
Usher tree:
Nextclade:
Nextclade comparison:
Note:
I recommend designating this one, since right now half of the BA.2.86.4 sequences found are actually this recombinant.
Plus, BA.2.86.4 seems to have stopped growing, while this recombinant has not.
