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New tools enable rapid analysis of coronavirus sequences and tracking of variants


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IMAGE: In this example of UShER results, displayed using Nextstrain, sequences representing a hypothetical outbreak are yellow, previously sampled sequences are blue, and branches are labeled by nucleotide mutations.
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Credit: UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred genomic surveillance of viruses on an unprecedented scale, as scientists around the world use genome sequencing to track the spread of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The rapid accumulation of viral genome sequences presents new opportunities for tracing global and local transmission dynamics, but analyzing so much genomic data is challenging.
There are now more than a million genome sequences for SARS-CoV-2. No one had anticipated that number when we started sequencing this virus, said Russ Corbett-Detig, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz. ....

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Coronavirus sequence trove sparks frustration


GISAID data can help scientists build visualizations such as this one of the coronavirus genome.
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In December 2020, software developer Angie Hinrichs at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), applied for access to a labor-saving data feed from GISAID, a nonprofit database of viral sequences including those of the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. She wanted GISAID s data so she could display mutations on UCSC s coronavirus Genome Browser. That tool ties any position in the virus nearly 30,000-letter genome to other scientific information, much as Google Maps shows gas stations and restaurants near addresses.
With more than 700,000 genomes from more than 160 countries, GISAID is by far the world s largest database of SARS-CoV-2 sequences. Access to the free, nonprofit repository has become vital to Hinrichs and thousands of other scientists and public health agencies tracking the virus alarmingly rapid evolution. ....

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