학술논문
Massive underrepresentation of Arabs in genomic studies of common disease
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Genome Medicine, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2023)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1756-994X
Abstract
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.