phylo·Newick / phylogram conventions·research, healthcare·complexity 3/3·since v0.1.0
SARS-CoV-2 variant chronogram
Chronogram-style phylogenetic tree for major SARS-CoV-2 variants with clade highlights and a year scale.
For the bioinformatics educator
Scenario
Chronograms use branch lengths as time. For variant surveillance, that means the horizontal distance conveys approximate divergence time rather than only genetic distance.
Annotation key
mode: chronogramandmrsdtell the renderer how to interpret branch lengths.cladehighlights named groups from the Newick leaves.scalelabels the time axis.