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snp

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: single nucleotide polymorphism
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Main Entry: SNP
Pronunciation: 'snip
Function: noun
: a variant DNA sequence in which the purine or pyrimidine base (as cytosine) of a single nucleotide hasbeen replaced by another such base (as thymine) SNPs … are most likely to affect the function or stability of a target protein —BioWorldToday> called also single nucleotide polymorphism
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