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SNV

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007837

A DNA sequence variation that occurs when a single nucleotide (adenine, thymine, cytosine, or guanine) in the genome sequence is altered. SNVs may be rare or common in a population. Sometimes SNVs are referred to as single nucleotide polymorphisms if they are present in at least 1% of the population. Also called single nucleotide variant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007837
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionssingle nucleotide variant
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
Record as JSON
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  "term": "SNV",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A DNA sequence variation that occurs when a single nucleotide (adenine, thymine, cytosine, or guanine) in the genome sequence is altered. SNVs may be rare or common in a population. Sometimes SNVs are referred to as single nucleotide polymorphisms if they are present in at least 1% of the population. Also called single nucleotide variant.",
  "expansions": [
    "single nucleotide variant"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/snv/"
}

Record 15,115 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.