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Ghaf Tree Genome Sequencing Project
Long-read sequencing of the UAE national tree to support conservation, understand desert adaptation, and establish methods for future native-species genomics.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Abu Dhabi/UAE national tree
- Project type
- plant reference genome and epigenome project
- Research domain
- plant genomics, climate adaptation, and conservation
- Years
- 2023–2024
- Lifecycle status
- completed reference project
- Status basis
- EAD and M42 announced completion of genome sequencing and methylation analysis in January 2024.
- Status evidence date
- 2024-01-01
- Scale
- More than 240-fold sequencing depth, greater than 99% mapping reported, with genome-wide methylation information.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi · M42
- Partner organizations
- Not stated
- Organism / population
- Ghaf tree (Prosopis cineraria)
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- Oxford Nanopore whole-genome sequencing
- reference assembly
- DNA methylation
Data access
No public sequence accession identified in the official announcement.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Named national-species reference-genome project with explicit genomic and epigenomic outputs.
Editorial note
Precursor to the broader EAD-M42 native-plant sequencing initiative launched in 2025.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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