This application includes methods for detecting single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) in a sample using an electronically addressable
microchip having a plurality of test sites. A sample nucleic acid is
electronically biased, concentrated at, and immobilized to a test site on
the microchip. A mixture comprising a first labeled probe and a second
labeled probe is electronically hybridized to the sample nucleic acid to
form first or second hybridized complexes. The first labeled probe is
perfectly complementary to the first sample nucleic acid and the second
labeled probe is complementary to the sample nucleic acid and contains a
nucleotide that forms a mismatch with the nucleotide at the site of the
polymorphism. The first or second hybridized complexes are detected by
determining a signal intensity of the label of the first or second probe.