English noun: single nucleotide polymorphism | |||
1. | single nucleotide polymorphism (phenomenon) (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species | ||
Synonyms | SNP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | polymorphism | ||
Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||