snp
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1. (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 (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | polymorphism, |
| definition | : | (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on (noun.phenomenon) |
| domain category | : | genetic science, genetics, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition) |
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