Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

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6 terms found for - “polymorphism”

• Polymorphism
  Polymorphism involves one of two or more variants of a particular DNA sequence. The most common type of polymorphism involves variation at a...
• Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)
  Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are a type of polymorphism involving variation of a single base pair. Scientists are studying how sin...
• Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)
  Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) is a type of polymorphism that results from variation in the DNA sequence recognized by rest...
• HapMap
  HapMap (short for "haplotype map") is the nickname of the International HapMap Project, an international project that seeks to relate variat...
• Haplotype
  A haplotype is a set of DNA variations, or polymorphisms, that tend to be inherited together. A haplotype can refer to a combination of alle...
• Ancestry-informative Markers
  Ancestry-informative markers are sets of polymorphisms for a particular DNA sequence that appear in substantially different frequencies betw...