- single nucleotide polymorphism as a noun:
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single nucleotide polymorphism
noun
1 single nucleotide polymorphism
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.
synonym: SNP.
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