nucleotide : Idioms & Phrases


single nucleotide polymorphism

  • 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
    SNP.
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triphosphopyridine nucleotide

  • noun a coenzyme of several enzymes
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