The recently launched Egyptian Genome Project aims to sequence genomic variants of 100,000 apparently healthy Egyptian adults, with around 8,000 individuals suspected to have a genetic disease, as well as 200 ancient Egyptian mummies. The project will provide the first comprehensive genomic dataset from Egypt and North Africa.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$209.00 per year
only $17.42 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Lander, E. S. et al. Nature 409, 860–1921 (2001).
Karczewski, K. J. et al. Nature 581, 434–443 (2020).
Taliun, D. et al. Nature 590, 290–299 (2021).
Sakaue, S. et al. Nat. Med. 26, 542–548 (2020).
Pearce, C. et al. Genet. Med. 21, 2667–2675 (2019).
Pagani, L. et al. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 96, 986–991 (2015).
Hawass, Z. et al. JAMA 303, 638–647 (2010).
Gad, Y. Z. et al. Hum. Mol. Genet. 30, R24–R28 (2021).
Roberts, C. & Ingham, S. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol. 18, 600–613 (2008).
Rohland, N. et al. Nat. Protoc. 13, 2447–2461 (2018).
Fatumo, S. et al. Nat. Med. 28, 243–250 (2022).
Zink, A. R. et al. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41, 359–367 (2003).
Lalremruata, A. et al. PLoS ONE 8, e60307 (2013).
Kloos, H. & David, R. Hum. Ecol. Rev. 9, 14–25 (2002).
Kumar, R. & Dhanda, S. K. Bioinformation 16, 297–300 (2020).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding authors
Ethics declarations
Competing interests
The authors declare no competing interests.
Peer review
Peer review information
Nature Genetics thanks Mark Caulfield for their contribution to the peer review of this work.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Elmonem, M.A., Soliman, N.A., Moustafa, A. et al. The Egypt Genome Project. Nat Genet (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01739-1
Published:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01739-1