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r/genomics

20.1K members. The best post we have captured here reached 304 upvotes, which works out to 15 per 1,000 members.

15peak upvotes per 1,000 members
20.1Kmembers
304best post
51most comments
33posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

76% 12% 9%
Link 76% Text 12% Image 9% Question 3%

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

"Genetic paparazzi are right around the corner, and courts aren’t ready to confront the legal quagmire of DNA theft"

↑ 304 💬 31 link 2022

The genetics behind “tree butts” led to GMO plants!

↑ 303 💬 36 image 2022

"23andMe’s Fall from $6 Billion to Nearly $0: From celebrity ‘spit parties’ to a drop in the bucket: The once-hot DNA-testing company is struggling t…

↑ 208 💬 29 link 2024

"FDA approves first drug for genetic cause of dwarfism"

↑ 193 💬 25 link 2021

"FDA approves first test of CRISPR to correct genetic defect causing sickle cell disease"

↑ 192 💬 31 link 2021

Million-year-old mammoth genomes shatter record for oldest ancient DNA

↑ 177 💬 18 link 2021

"First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified: Discovery that a whitefly uses a stolen plant gene to elude its host’s defences may offer…

↑ 155 💬 12 link 2021

I joined a Bacterial genomics lab recently.

↑ 152 💬 15 image 2021

"The CRISPR companies are not OK: How hype, scientific setbacks, and growing investor demands humbled the gene editing industry"

↑ 124 💬 10 link 2025

"The complete sequence of a human genome", Nurk et al 2021

↑ 103 💬 16 link 2021

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