• Actionable genomic variants in 6045 participants from the Qatar Genome Program 

      Elfatih, Amal; Mifsud, Borbala; Syed, Najeeb; Badii, Ramin; Mbarek, Hamdi; ... more authors (2021 , Article)
      In a clinical setting, DNA sequencing can uncover findings unrelated to the purpose of genetic evaluation. The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) recommends the evaluation and reporting of 59 genes ...
    • Qatar genome: Insights on genomics from the Middle East 

      Mbarek, Hamdi; Devadoss Gandhi, Geethanjali; Selvaraj, Senthil; Al-Muftah, Wadha; Badji, Radja; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article)
      Despite recent biomedical breakthroughs and large genomic studies growing momentum, the Middle Eastern population, home to over 400 million people, is underrepresented in the human genome variation databases. Here we ...
    • Thousands of Qatari genomes inform human migration history and improve imputation of Arab haplotypes 

      Razali, Rozaimi Mohamad; Rodriguez-Flores, Juan; Ghorbani, Mohammadmersad; Naeem, Haroon; Aamer, Waleed; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Arab populations are largely understudied, notably their genetic structure and history. Here we present an in-depth analysis of 6,218 whole genomes from Qatar, revealing extensive diversity as well as genetic ancestries ...