ＳＮＰ

noun

single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP

Technical term in genetics; refers to a variation at a single position in a DNA sequence among individuals.

• この遺い伝でん子しのＳＮＰが病びょう気きのリスクに関かん係けいしている。

  The SNP in this gene is associated with disease risk.

• ゲノムワイド関かん連れん解かい析せきでは、多おおくのＳＮＰが調しらべられる。

  In genome-wide association studies, many SNPs are examined.