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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


SynonymsSNP


Broader (hypernym)polymorphism


Domain categorygenetic science, genetics









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