Table 1.

Summary of coding changes in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Data gathered from GISAID (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14110265) (Elbe and Buckland-Merrett, 2017; Shu and McCauley, 2017). Lineages B.1.351, B.1.1.7, and B.1.1.298 reflect sequences deposited on or before 06 January 2021. Lineage P.1 and B.1.429 reflect sequences gathered 16 Januray 2021. Datasets selected by country and lineage. All relevant sequences included except for UK B.1.1.7, from which 2,500 of 7,785 were randomly selected. Sequence alignments based on hCoV-19/Wuhan/WIV04/2019. For reference, USA_WA1/2020 contains only a single coding change (NS8 L84S) in comparison to the reference sequence. Green indicates ≥75%, orange indicates 50%–74.9%, purple 25%–49.9% yellow indicates 1%–24.9%.