The origins and molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK
Hill V, Du Plessis L, Peacock T, Aggarwal D, Colquhoun R, Carabelli A, Ellaby N, Gallagher E, Groves N, Jackson B, McCrone J, O'Toole Á, Price A, Sanderson T, Scher E, Southgate J, Volz E, Barclay W, Barrett J, Chand M, Connor T, Goodfellow I, Gupta R, Harrison E, Loman N, Myers R, Robertson D, Pybus O, Rambaut A. The origins and molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK. Virus Evolution 2022, 8: veac080. PMID: 36533153, PMCID: PMC9752794, DOI: 10.1093/ve/veac080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary ratesIncreased evolutionary rateVariant of concernNon-human animal populationsRate of evolutionLineage B.1.1.7SARS-CoV-2 lineagesSARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7Monophyletic cladeAncestral branchGenomic locationsPhylogenetic branchesMolecular evolutionMutational eventsGenomic surveillanceInfect immunocompetent hostsAlpha genomeSARS-CoV-2 variantsSARS-CoV-2Animal populationsSARS-CoV-2 variant of concernMutationsMutation profilesLineagesVariants