A new SARS-CoV-2 lineage that shares mutations with known Variants of Concern is rejected by automated sequence repository quality control
Bryan P. Thornlow, Angie S. Hinrichs, Miten Jain, Namrita Dhillon, Scott La, Joshua D. Kapp, Ikenna Anigbogu, Molly Cassatt‐Johnstone, Jakob McBroome, Maximilian Haeussler, Yatish Turakhia, Terren R. Chang, Hugh E. Olsen, Jeremy R. Sanford, Michael D. Stone, , Russell B Corbett-Detig
The paper reports a SARS-CoV-2 lineage with mutations from known variants of concern that is rejected by sequence repositories due to a deletion, suggesting underestimation of its frequency.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2021 · PreprintGenomics