Editorially curated · ae-national-arab-genome-1000
National Arab Genome Project
Early Emirati genome project intended to characterize local variation and develop a population-specific reference for disease research and precision medicine.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- National/Emirati; led from Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi
- Project type
- historical population reference project
- Research domain
- human population genomics
- Years
- Not stated
- Lifecycle status
- completed historical phase
- Status basis
- Peer-reviewed project papers reported the planned 1,000-person resource and later published a UAE population-specific major-allele reference from 120 whole genomes and 33 exomes.
- Status evidence date
- 2021-01-01
- Scale
- Planned 1,000 Emiratis; published resource used 120 whole genomes and 33 exomes and reported 23,038,090 short variants and 137,713 structural variants.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Khalifa University
- Partner organizations
- Not stated
- Organism / population
- Emirati nationals
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- whole-genome sequencing
- whole-exome sequencing
- major-allele reference
- structural variants
Data access
Publication-level resource; no clearly maintained public individual-level portal identified.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Named multi-sample precursor that produced a reusable Emirati reference and variant catalog.
Editorial note
Likely a scientific precursor to the later Emirati Reference Genome/EGP ecosystem; do not count as an independent current national program. Exact launch year is not stated consistently.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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