HyperDic: single_nucleotide_polymorphism

English > 1 sense of the expression single nucleotide polymorphism:
NOUNphenomenonsingle nucleotide polymorphism, SNP(genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered
English > single nucleotide polymorphism: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning(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.
SynonymSNP
Categorygenetics, genetic scienceThe branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
Broaderpolymorphism(genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on

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