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Exome sequencing of only seven Qataris identifies potentially deleterious variants in the Qatari population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Rodriguez-Flores Juan L, Fuller Jennifer, Hackett Neil R, Salit Jacqueline, Malek Joel A, Al-Dous Eman, Chouchane Lotfi, Zirie Mahmoud, Jayoussi Amin, Mahmoud Mai A, Crystal Ronald G, Mezey Jason G
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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 del...
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