single nucleotide polymorphism

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noun

(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
• Syn:
SNP
• Topics:
genetics, genetic science
• Hypernyms:
polymorphism