Abstract

Arabs represent 5% of the world population and have a high prevalence of common disease, yet remain greatly underrepresented in genome-wide association studies, where only 1 in 600 individuals are Arab. We highlight the persistent and unaddressed underrepresentation of Arabs in genomic databases and discuss its impact on public health genomics and missed opportunities for biological discovery.

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Title
Massive underrepresentation of Arabs in genomic studies of common disease
Author
Bhattacharya, Romit; Chen, NingNing; Shim, Injeong; Kuwahara, Hiroyuki; Gao, Xin; Alkuraya, Fowzan S; Fahed, Akl C
Pages
1-5
Section
Comment
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1756994X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2902128859
Copyright
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