single nucleotide polymorphism
NOUN
30 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S
single nucleotide polymorphism is a valid 30-letter word worth 46 points in Scrabble and 56 points in Words with Friends.
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DOUBLE WORD → 92TRIPLE WORD → 138
MEANING
What does single nucleotide polymorphism mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
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(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.
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