Exome sequencing of only seven Qataris identifies potentially deleterious variants in the Qatari population.

The Qatari population, located at the Arabian migration crossroads of African and Eurasia, is comprised of Bedouin, Persian and African genetic subgroups. By deep exome sequencing of only 7 Qataris, including individuals in each subgroup, we identified 2,750 nonsynonymous SNPs predicted to be delete...

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Main Authors: Juan L Rodriguez-Flores, Jennifer Fuller, Neil R Hackett, Jacqueline Salit, Joel A Malek, Eman Al-Dous, Lotfi Chouchane, Mahmoud Zirie, Amin Jayoussi, Mai A Mahmoud, Ronald G Crystal, Jason G Mezey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3490971?pdf=render