Top 10 SNPs of the year?

Weird but fun list, SNPedia's Top 10 SNPs of the Year:

SNPedia now contains nearly 10,000 SNPs and to welcome 2010 we'd like to highlight at least 10. These SNPs have been selected based on an elusive and ultimately subjective combination of medical importance, statistical believability, and overall general interest. This isn't objective science though, so feel free to comment about why your favorite SNPs should have made the list.

H/T Eye on DNA.

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