Editorially curated · ae-ghaf-population-genomics-2025
UAE Ghaf Population Genomics Study
Population-scale whole-genome resequencing of Ghaf trees collected across the UAE to characterize population structure, genetic diversity, differentiation and gene flow for conservation, seed banking and climate-resilient restoration.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Natural Ghaf populations sampled across the UAE
- Project type
- population genomics and conservation genomics study
- Research domain
- plant population genomics, conservation genetics, climate adaptation and restoration
- Years
- 2025–2025
- Lifecycle status
- completed research study
- Status basis
- Peer-reviewed publication in September 2025 and official EAD/ICBA completion announcements in November 2025.
- Status evidence date
- 2025-11-28
- Scale
- 211 trees sequenced; 204 passed quality filtering; 114 non-clonal individuals used for structure analyses; 57,183 LD-pruned SNPs; four major genetic clusters.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- International Center for Biosaline Agriculture · Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi
- Partner organizations
- Not stated
- Organism / population
- Ghaf tree (Prosopis cineraria)
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- DNBSEQ-G400RS whole-genome resequencing
- population SNP genotypes
- VCF
- sample geospatial metadata
- population structure and differentiation outputs
Data access
Raw whole-genome reads are reported as public through ENA/INSDC PRJEB82449; derived VCFs, sample metadata and population-genomics outputs are archived on Zenodo at DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15716843.
Identifiers
- DOI
10.3390/plants14192970 - PMID
41095111 - PMCID
PMC12526342 - ENA
PRJEB82449 - DOI
10.5281/zenodo.15716843
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Distinct, completed UAE population-genomics study with peer-reviewed publication, official institutional confirmation, and durable public raw/derived genomic-data identifiers.
Editorial note
Keep distinct from ae-ghaf-tree-genome (EAD-M42 reference genome/methylation project) and ae-native-plant-genome-sequencing (EAD-M42 12-species programme). The publication states that an existing Prosopis cineraria reference genome enabled the analysis, but Batch 005 does not assert a direct Atlas relationship until the cited reference assembly/project is explicitly reconciled.
Sources
- peer-reviewed publication Verified 2026-09-05
- peer-reviewed publication Verified 2026-09-05
- data repository Verified 2026-09-05
- official or institutional source Verified 2026-09-05
- official or institutional source Verified 2026-09-05
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