nova scotia lox: brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most; sometimes sugar is also used in the curing
solid: matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
single nucleotide polymorphism: (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species