single_nucleotide_polymorphism.n.01

'single_nucleotide_polymorphism.n.01'

[single_nucleotide_polymorphism.n.01] as in: (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