Genomic landscape of the Greater Middle East
Date
2016-09Source Title
Nature Genetics
Print ISSN
1061-4036
Electronic ISSN
1546-1718
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Volume
48
Issue
9
Pages
978 - 979
Language
English
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Abstract
Study of the Greater Middle East (GME), home to approximately 10% of the world's population, has made invaluable contributions to the characterization of rare genetic disease, especially recessive conditions arising from the tradition of consanguinity and large families with multiple children. A new study now reports 1,111 unrelated exomes from the GME and provides a comprehensive view of genetic variation for enhanced discovery of disease-associated genes.