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Thousands of Qatari genomes inform human migration history and improve imputation of Arab haplotypes.
Nature communications - 12 Oct 2021
Razali Rozaimi Mohamad, Rodriguez-Flores Juan, Ghorbani Mohammadmersad, Naeem Haroon, Aamer Waleed, Aliyev Elbay, Jubran Ali, Clark Andrew G, Fakhro Khalid A, Mokrab Younes
Abstract excerpt
Arab populations are largely understudied, notably their genetic structure and history. Here we present an in-depth analysis of 6,218 whole genomes from Qatar, revealing extensive diversity as well as genetic ancestries representing the main founding Arab genealogical lineages of Qahtanite (Peninsular Arabs) and Adnanite (General Arabs and West Eurasian Arabs). We find that Peninsular Arabs are the closest...
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