Proposal for new lineage within B.1

[rambaut]

Proposal for new lineage within B.1

Description

Sub-lineage of: B.1
Earliest sequence: 2020-09-28
Most recent sequence: 2020-12-28
Countries circulating: A lineage predominantly circulating in California but with exports to other countries. Characterised by the spike L452R mutation but also has spike:W152C orf1ab:D5584Y and N:T205I

orf1ab:D5584Y
S:W152C
S:L452R
synSNP:C26681T
N:T205I
synSNP:C29362T

Genomes

B.1.X_genomes.txt

List of genomes, collated 2021-01-13, attached.

Evidence

Phylogenetic tree PDF image. Proposed new lineage labels in red:

Phylogenetic tree file:
B.1.X.tree.txt

Proposed lineage name

To be determined as the the next available designation within B.1

[aineniamh]

@ViralVerity and I have found the lineage in the global tree and going forward it'll be called B.1.429. Going to re-run pangoLEARN training today and will tag a new release once the training has finished.