Mercy Rophina Profile picture
Graduate Student, Computational #Immunology & #Rare blood group #Genomics, Vinod Scaria lab, @IGIBsocial, Alumnus #PSGTech, Soulful Mandala artist✨
Apr 4, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
With the new #Covid_19 variant #XE taking rounds in news recently, here’s a thread briefly explaining the spectrum of mutations and their structural context. (1/4) 3 recombinant lineages (XD, XE and XF) currently been monitored and reported.
▫️XD and XF - Delta + BA.1
▫️XE - BA.1 + BA.2
▫️Initially reported from England
▫️Also found circulating in Ireland

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github.com/cov-lineages/p…