Selfish DNA

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Selfish DNA

Quality:

Selfish DNA - genetic material that promotes its own transmission. Article “Selfish DNA” in Simple English Wikipedia has 26.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Selfish DNA”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 166 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 105 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1665 in December 2017
  • Global: #6260 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #6827 in December 2018
  • Global: #270993 in January 2019

There are 13 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Selfish genetic element
94.1217
2Portuguese (pt)
Elemento genético egoísta
90.9091
3Malay (ms)
Unsur genetik egois
35.2781
4French (fr)
Élément génétique égoïste
35.1859
5Simple English (simple)
Selfish DNA
26.1048
6Indonesian (id)
Unsur genetik egois
25.0675
7German (de)
Eigennützige DNA
24.7435
8Turkish (tr)
Bencil genetik unsur
24.5401
9Arabic (ar)
العناصر الجينية الأنانية
23.2371
10Hebrew (he)
DNA אנוכיי
16.409
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Selfish DNA" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Selfish genetic element
277 740
2German (de)
Eigennützige DNA
21 849
3Spanish (es)
ADN egoísta
17 674
4Simple English (simple)
Selfish DNA
9 383
5French (fr)
Élément génétique égoïste
7 567
6Polish (pl)
Samolubny DNA
5 886
7Hebrew (he)
DNA אנוכיי
5 733
8Chinese (zh)
自私DNA
5 435
9Portuguese (pt)
Elemento genético egoísta
3 505
10Arabic (ar)
العناصر الجينية الأنانية
1 547
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Selfish DNA" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Selfish genetic element
776
2German (de)
Eigennützige DNA
49
3Spanish (es)
ADN egoísta
36
4Simple English (simple)
Selfish DNA
30
5French (fr)
Élément génétique égoïste
27
6Chinese (zh)
自私DNA
26
7Portuguese (pt)
Elemento genético egoísta
19
8Hebrew (he)
DNA אנוכיי
12
9Malay (ms)
Unsur genetik egois
7
10Turkish (tr)
Bencil genetik unsur
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Selfish DNA" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Selfish genetic element
80
2French (fr)
Élément génétique égoïste
20
3Hebrew (he)
DNA אנוכיי
16
4German (de)
Eigennützige DNA
13
5Chinese (zh)
自私DNA
10
6Spanish (es)
ADN egoísta
7
7Turkish (tr)
Bencil genetik unsur
5
8Portuguese (pt)
Elemento genético egoísta
4
9Indonesian (id)
Unsur genetik egois
3
10Simple English (simple)
Selfish DNA
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Selfish DNA" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
العناصر الجينية الأنانية
1
2English (en)
Selfish genetic element
1
3Turkish (tr)
Bencil genetik unsur
1
4German (de)
Eigennützige DNA
0
5Spanish (es)
ADN egoísta
0
6French (fr)
Élément génétique égoïste
0
7Hebrew (he)
DNA אנוכיי
0
8Indonesian (id)
Unsur genetik egois
0
9Malay (ms)
Unsur genetik egois
0
10Polish (pl)
Samolubny DNA
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Selfish DNA" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Selfish genetic element
47
2Spanish (es)
ADN egoísta
16
3German (de)
Eigennützige DNA
13
4Hebrew (he)
DNA אנוכיי
8
5French (fr)
Élément génétique égoïste
7
6Simple English (simple)
Selfish DNA
4
7Chinese (zh)
自私DNA
3
8Arabic (ar)
العناصر الجينية الأنانية
2
9Indonesian (id)
Unsur genetik egois
1
10Malay (ms)
Unsur genetik egois
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
العناصر الجينية الأنانية
deGerman
Eigennützige DNA
enEnglish
Selfish genetic element
esSpanish
ADN egoísta
frFrench
Élément génétique égoïste
heHebrew
DNA אנוכיי
idIndonesian
Unsur genetik egois
msMalay
Unsur genetik egois
plPolish
Samolubny DNA
ptPortuguese
Elemento genético egoísta
simpleSimple English
Selfish DNA
trTurkish
Bencil genetik unsur
zhChinese
自私DNA

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#6827
12.2018
Global:
#270993
01.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1665
12.2017
Global:
#6260
03.2002

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Selfish DNA from Wikipedia articles about Last universal common ancestor, Gene drive, Francis Crick, The Selfish Gene and Gene-centered view of evolution. Whereas reading the article about Selfish DNA people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Gene-centered view of evolution, B chromosome, Richard Dawkins, Red Queen hypothesis and C-value.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Selfish DNA

News from 1 July 2026

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