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. 2018 Aug 20;19(1):120.
doi: 10.1186/s13059-018-1506-1.

Consumer genomics will change your life, whether you get tested or not

Razib Khan  1 , David Mittelman  2
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Consumer genomics will change your life, whether you get tested or not

Razib Khan et al. Genome Biol. .

Abstract

With more than 10 million genotyped customers, the consumer genomics industry is maturing and becoming a mainstream phenomenon. At last, innovations and applications, some unforeseen, are being brought to the masses.

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RK is employed by Insitome. RK and DM are cofounders of DNAGeeks.com.

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Consumer genomics is in the exponential growth phase. The estimated number (in millions) of genotyped customers from various consumer genomics companies over the past 5 years. These estimates were pulled from the ISOGG Autosomal DNA Testing Comparison Wiki (https://isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_testing_comparison_chart), following an approach similar to that first used by Leah Larkin. These estimates are also consistent with another recent report by Yaniv Erlich et al. [2]
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