Kuwaiti population subgroup of nomadic Bedouin ancestry—Whole genome sequence and analysis

Kuwaiti population subgroup of nomadic Bedouin ancestry—Whole genome sequence and analysis

Kuwaiti native population comprises three distinct genetic subgroups of Persian, “city-dwelling” Saudi Arabian tribe, and nomadic “tent-dwelling” Bedouin ancestry. Bedouin subgroup is characterized by presence of 17% African ancestry; it owes it origin to nomadic tribes of the deserts of Arabian Pen...

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Main Authors: Sumi Elsa John, Gaurav Thareja, Prashantha Hebbar, Kazem Behbehani, Thangavel Alphonse Thanaraj, Osama Alsmadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Genomics Data
Subjects:
Whole genome sequence
Arabian Peninsula
Nomadic Bedouin ancestry
Kuwaiti population
Intergenome distances
“Tent-dwelling” Bedouins
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213596014001299

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