Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Are

question 3

Multiple Choice

Single nucleotide polymorphisms are

• A)mutations that occur in a single individual
• B)nucleic acid probes that can detect mutations in different sequences of DNA
• C)sites in the genome where the DNA sequence of many individuals differs by just a single base
• D)used in PCR to amplify mutated DNA sequences

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