Not all nucleotide changes produce genes that cause disease. When such a DNA change occurs in at least 1% of the population, it is called a polymorphism. SNPs is the most common form of polymorphism.

Features

 SNPs microarrays

Links

 Seatlle SNPs
 Genes Sequenced for SNPs at Seatlle SNPs

References

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 Wakeley J, Nielsen R, Liu-Cordero SN, Ardlie K. The discovery of single-nucleotide polymorphisms--and inferences about human demographic history. Am J Hum Genet. 2001 Dec;69(6):1332-47. PMID: #11704929#

 Gray IC, Campbell DA, Spurr NK. Single nucleotide polymorphisms as tools in human genetics. Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Oct;9(16):2403-8. PMID: #11005795#

 Shen, L. X.; Basilion, J. P.; Stanton, V. P., Jr. : Single-nucleotide polymorphisms can cause different structural folds of mRNA. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 96: 7871-7876, 1999. PubMed ID : #10393914#