Scotland UK COVID Variant Missing NSB 6 Deletion

[niman]

The recently released variant sequence from Singapore (collected Dec 12) was missing the NSB 6 deletion (but had 2 nonsynonymous changes in two of the 3 deleted amino acids).  A recently released sequence from Scotland (hCoV-19/Scotland/CVR6050/2020) is also missing the deletion, but does not have the two nonsynonymous changes.

These differences highlight rapid evolution of the UK variant.

[CoffeeLover]

“Rapid evolution “are the terms that a lay person needs to have to understand what’s happening.

[niman]

hCoV-19/Scotland/CVR6043/2020 is also missing the NSB 6 deletion

 

[niman]

hCoV-19/Scotland/CVR6044/2020 is also missing the NSB 6 deletion