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If I understand the use of "singletons" in the paper you refer to, the authors were interested in comparing "orthologs that have paralogs (duplicates) and those that do not (singletons)." The paper looks interesting, but it is not, as a whole, appropriate for me to study in depth, at this time...

If all the author intends to refer to by her use of "singleton," is "single-base changes," then if it hasn't already entered the conventions, I would suggest the author follow the first use of "single-base changes" with (sbc)--especially given your affirmation that "singleton" is used with SNP...

The May 20, 2016 issue of Science, p876-7, "Tracking how humans evolve in real time," subtitled, "Analyses of thousands of sequenced genomes show changes in as little as a generation," uses the term "singletons" in the 4th paragraph: "...single-base changes...or singletons..." My limited...