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Changes at a specific position of an amino acid or (less commonly, DNA) sequence that preserve the physico-chemical properties of the original residue. For example, when a hydrophobic amino acid residue is replaced by another hydrophobic residue. (NCBI)(http//www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/genejargon.shtml)