Table S1. An excel file containing detailed information about the sequences of SARS CoV-2 strains and acknowledgement used in this study. We have used data till 2 May 2020. We gratefully acknowledge the authors, originating and submitting laboratories of the sequences from GISAID's EpiFlu Database (www.gisaid.org) on which this research is based. The list is detailed in this Table S1. Ref. ID Accession ID Databases Location Virus name Collection date Originating Lab Submitting Lab Authors Division of Viral Diseases, Center for Division of Viral Diseases, Center for Jeong-Min Kim, Yoon-Seok Chung, Namjoo Laboratory Control of Infectious Laboratory Control of Infectious Lee, Mi-Seon Kim, Sang Hee Woo, Hye-Jun hCoV-19/South Diseases, Korea Centers for Diseases Diseases, Korea Centers for Diseases Jo, Sehee Park, Heui Man Kim, Myung Guk 1 EPI_ISL_412869 GISAID Asia / South Korea /Seoul Korea/KCDC05/2020 2020-01-30 Control and Prevention Control and Prevention Han Bin Fang, Xiang Li, Xiao Yu, Linlin Liu, Bo Yang, Faxian Zhan, Guojun Ye, Xixiang Huo, Junqiang Xu, Bo Yu, Kun Cai, Jing Li, hCoV-19/Tianmen/HBCDC- Tianmen Center for Disease Control and Hubei Provincial Center for Disease YiFa Zhu, Yangyang Tao,Xierong 2 EPI_ISL_412983 GISAID Asia / China / Hubei / Tianmen HB-07/2020 2020-02-08 Prevention Control and Prevention Li,Yongzhong Jiang. Andrés E. Castillo, Bárbara Parra, Paz Tapia, Alejandra Acevedo, Jaime Lagos, Winston Andrade, Loredana Arata, Gabriel Leal, Gisselle Barra, Carolina Tambley, hCoV-19/Chile/Talca- Javier Tognarelli, Patricia Bustos, Soledad 3 EPI_ISL_414578 GISAID South America / Chile / Talca 2/2020 2020-03-04 Hospital de Talca, Chile Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile Ulloa, Rodrigo Fasce, Jorge Fernández. Oleg V. Pyankov, Sergey A. Bodnev, State Research Center of Virology and State Research Center of Virology and Tatyana V. Tregubchak, Alexander N. Europe / Russia / Republic of hCoV-19/Russia/Kabardino- Biotechnology VECTOR, Department of Biotechnology VECTOR, Department of Shvalov, Elena V. Gavrilova, Rinat A. 4 EPI_ISL_428893 GISAID Kabardino-Balkaria Balkaria-80501/2020 2020-03-23 Collection of Microorganisms Collection of Microorganisms Maksyutov hCoV- Chinese PLA Institute for Disease Chinese PLA Institute for Disease 5 EPI_ISL_430724 GISAID Asia / China / Beijing 19/Beijing/BJ752/2020 2020-02-08 Control and Prevention Control and Prevention Peng Li，Jinhui Li, Lizhong Li hCoV-19/Japan/UT- University of Wisconsin - Madison: University of Wisconsin Madison, AIDS Katarina Braun, Gage Moreno, Peter 6 EPI_ISL_418809 GISAID Asia / Japan / Tokyo NCGM02/2020 2020-02-01 Influenza Research Institute Vaccine Research Laboratories Halfmann, et al. National Research Center for Translational Medicine (Shanghai), Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Shengyue Wang, Xiaonan Zhang, Gang Lu, hCoV- Shanghai Medical College, Fudan Tong University School of Medicine & Yun Tan, Yun Ling, Hongzhou Lu, Saijuan 7 EPI_ISL_416333 GISAID Asia / China / Shanghai 19/Shanghai/SH0024/2020 2020-01-30 University Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center Chen Paola Resende, Fernando Motta, Luciana Appolinario, Sunando Roy, Aline Mattos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ - Milene Miranda, Cristiana Garcia, Braulia South America / Brazil / Rio de hCoV-19/Brazil/RJ- Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Caetano, Maria Ogrzewalska, Priscila Born, 8 EPI_ISL_427299 GISAID Janeiro / Niteroi 352/2020 2020-03-05 Measles (LVRS) Measles (LVRS) Jonathan Lopes, Marilda Siqueira Neris Garcia-Gonzalez, Inma Galán Vendrell, Sandra Carbo, Loreto Ferrús Abad, Paula Ruiz-Hueso, Mariana Reyes- Prieto, Vicente Soriano Chirona, Ivan Ansari, David Navarro, Maria Alma Bracho, Griselda De Marco, Beatriz Beamud, Lidia Servicio de Microbiología. Consorcio Sequencing and Bioinformatics Service Ruiz Roldan, Marta Pla Diaz, Llúcia Europe / Spain / Comunitat hCoV- Hospital General Universitario de and Molecular Epidemiology Research Martínez-Priego, Giuseppe D'Auria, 9 EPI_ISL_425219 GISAID Valenciana / Valencia 19/Spain/Valencia95/2020 2020-03-17 Valencia Group. FISABIO-Public Health Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas Ye Sheng, Tang Yun, Ling Hua,Yu Asia / China / Chongqinq / hCoV- Yongchuan District Center for Disease Chongqing Municipal Center for Disease zhen,Chen Shuang,Tan ZhangPing, Su 10 EPI_ISL_408478 GISAID Yongchuan 19/Chongqing/YC01/2020 2020-01-21 Control and Prevention Control and Prevention Kun, Li Qing, Tang Wenge, Rong Rong Fujian Center for Disease Control and Fujian Center for Disease Control and Chen Wei, Zhang Yanhua, He Wenxiang, 11 EPI_ISL_411060 GISAID Asia / China / Fujian hCoV-19/Fujian/8/2020 2020-01-21 Prevention Prevention Weng Yuwei Harrigan, Prystajecky, Krajden, Lee, hCoV- Kamelian, Lapointe, Choi, Hoang, Sekirov, North America / Canada / 19/Canada/BC_4799711/20 Levett, Tyson, Snutch, Loman, Quick, Li, 12 EPI_ISL_418830 GISAID British Columbia 20 2020-03-09 BCCDC Public Health Laboratory BCCDC Public Health Laboratory Gilmour hCoV-19/USA/UT- 13 EPI_ISL_417964 GISAID North America / USA / Utah 00014/2020 2020-03-13 Utah Public Health Laboratory Utah Public Health Laboratory Erin Young, Kelly Oakeson Anna Majer, Shari Tyson, Grace Seo, Kristyn Burak, Philip Mabon, Elsie Grudeski, Rhiannon Huzarewich, Russell Mandes, Jennifer Tanner, Natalie Knox, Morag Graham, Gary Van Domselaar, Robert Needle, Yang Yu, Adel Malek, Laura Gilbert, George Zahariadis, Nathalie hCoV- Bastien, Yan Li, Timothy Booth, Matthew 14 EPI_ISL_429815 GISAID North America / Canada / NL 19/Canada/NL_34/2020 2020-03-15 Public Health Laboratory National Microbiology Laboratory Gilmour Bixing Huang, Alyssa Pyke, Amanda De Jong, Andrew Van Den Hurk, Carmel Taylor, David Warrilow, Doris Genge, Elisabeth Gamez, Glen Hewitson, Ian Maxwell Mackay, Inga Sultana, Jamie McMahon, Jean Barcelon, Judy Northill, Mitchell Finger, Natalie Simpson, Neelima Nair, Peter Burtonclay, Peter Moore, Sarah hCoV- Wheatley, Sean Moody, Sonja Hall- Oceania / Australia / 19/Australia/QLDID931/202 Mendelin, Timothy Gardam, and Frederick 15 EPI_ISL_420879 GISAID Queensland / Brisbane 0 2020-03-25 Mater Pathology Public Health Virology Laboratory Moore Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios, Pilar Ramos Cervantes, Violeta Ibarra Gonzalez, Fernando Ledesma Barrientos, Luis Alberto García Andrade, Alfredo Ponce de León Garduño, Irma López Martínez, Lucia Hernández Rivas, Gisela Barrera Badillo, Edgar Mendieta Condado, Fabiola Garcés Ayala, Adnan Araiza Rodríguez, José Ernesto Ramírez González, Celia Boukadida, Santiago Avila Ríos, Mario Mújica Sánchez, José Arturo Martínez Orozco, Eduardo Becerril Vargas, Joel Armando Vázquez Pérez, Victor Hugo Borja Aburto, Concepción Grajales Muñiz, Cesar Raúl González Bonilla, Carolina González Torres, Francisco Javier Gaytán Cervantes, José Esteban Muñoz Medina, Blanca Taboada, Alejandro Sánchez, Pavel Isa, North America / Mexico / hCoV-19/Mexico/CDMX- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Ricardo Grande, Gloria Vázquez, Francisco 16 EPI_ISL_426361 GISAID Mexico City INCMNSZ_01/2020 2020-03-12 y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran Nutricion Salvador Zubiran Pulido, Carlos F. Arias North America / USA / hCoV-19/USA/WA-UW- Pavitra Roychoudhury, Hong Xie, Keith 17 EPI_ISL_430918 GISAID Washington 5750/2020 2020-04-06 UW Virology Lab UW Virology Lab Jerome, Alexander Greninger Wenjie Tan，Xiaoqing Fu，Xiang Zhao，Wenling Wang， Peihua Niu，Roujian Lu,Yanhong Sun，Baoying hCoV-19/Yunnan/IVDC- National Institute for Viral Disease National Institute for Viral Disease Huang，Li Zhao，Fei Ye，Wenbo 18 EPI_ISL_408480 GISAID Asia / China / Yunnan / Kunming YN-003/2020 2020-01-17 Control and Prevention, China CDC Control & Prevention, CCDC Xu，George F. Gao，Guizhen Wu Ying Tao, Krista Queen, Clinton R. Paden, Jing Zhang, Yan Li, Anna Uehara, Xiaoyan Pathogen Discovery, Respiratory Lu, Brian Lynch, Senthil Kumar K. Viruses Branch, Division of Viral Sakthivel, Brett L. Whitaker, Shifaq Kamili, North America / USA / Illinois / IL Department of Public Health Chicago Diseases, Centers for Dieases Control Lijuan Wang, Janna' R. Murray, Susan I. 19 EPI_ISL_404253 GISAID Chicago hCoV-19/USA/IL1/2020 2020-01-21 Laboratory and Prevention Gerber, Stephen Lindstrom, Suxiang Tong Wenjie Tan, Jianan Xu, Wenling Wang, Peihua Niu, Roujian Lu, Huiping Yang, Asia / China / Sichuan / hCoV-19/Sichuan/IVDC- National Institute for Viral Disease National Institute for Viral Disease Xiang Zhao, Baoying Huang, Li Zhao, Fei 20 EPI_ISL_408484 GISAID Chengdu SC-001/2020 2020-01-15 Control and Prevention, China CDC Control & Prevention, CCDC Ye, Wenbo Xu, George F. Gao, Guizhen Wu Yan Li, Krista Queen, Clinton R. Paden, Pathogen Discovery, Respiratory Rachel Marine, Anna Uehara, Ying Tao, Viruses Branch, Division of Viral Jing Zhang, Haibin Wang, Mary S. Keckler, North America / USA / South hCoV- SC Dept of Health and Env. Control- Diseases, Centers for Disease Control Alison S. Laufer Halpin, Christopher A. 21 EPI_ISL_424842 GISAID Carolina 19/USA/SC_3575/2020 2020-03-07 Bureau of Laboratories and Prevention Elkins, Suxiang Tong Elbadry,M.A.; Subramaniam,K.; Lednicky Laboratory, Emerging Waltzek,T.B.; Gibson,J.C.; Pathogens Institute, University of Lednicky Laboratory, Emerging Stephenson,C.J.; Morris,J.G. Jr. and 22 EPI_ISL_434637 GISAID North America / USA / Florida hCoV-19/USA/UF-2/2020 2020-03-27 Florida. Pathogens Institute, University of Florida. Lednicky,J.A. Carlo M. Lapid, Francis