With the sequencing of the human genome, millions of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, have been discovered and can be used as markers to identify genes contributing to common human diseases. Two large sets of SNPs have now been organized in panels for high-throughput genotyping.
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Broman, K., Feingold, E. SNPs made routine. Nat Methods 1, 104–105 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1104-104
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