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Kuwaiti Population Exome Variome
Whole-exome reference study cataloguing coding variation, population structure, pharmacogenomic variants and variants relevant to recessive and complex disorders.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Three native Kuwaiti population subgroups
- Project type
- Population reference cohort
- Research domain
- Population and medical genomics
- Years
- Not stated
- Lifecycle status
- completed
- Status basis
- The peer-reviewed study was published in 2018 and reports the completed sequencing and analysis of 291 exomes.
- Status evidence date
- 2018-12-01
- Scale
- 291 exomes at median 45×; 170,508 SNVs and 3,341 indels, with 12% of SNVs reported novel.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Dasman Diabetes Institute
- Partner organizations
- Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
- Organism / population
- 291 unrelated healthy native Kuwaiti Arab individuals
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- whole-exome sequencing
- VCF
- genotyping
Data access
Aggregate VCF reported as openly downloadable; availability should be rechecked before reuse
Identifiers
- PubMed
PMID:30409984 - DOI
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-34815-8
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Population-scale reference dataset with primary publication and a stated data route.
Editorial note
The historical FTP endpoint may not be browser-accessible; retain the publication as the authoritative metadata source.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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