A method for detecting a single nucleotide polymorphism in a target nucleic acid in a sample, the method comprising: - performing an amplifying step comprising contacting the sample with an oligonucleotide primer comprising a wild type nucleic acid sequence to produce an amplification product if any target nucleic acid is present in the sample; - performing a hybridizing step comprising contacting the amplification product with an oligonucleotide melting probe, said oligonucleotide melting probe comprising a nucleic acid sequence having a predefined melting temperature, wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide melting probe overlaps the wild type nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide primer with a minimum overlap of at least 80% over the length of the wild type nucleic acid sequence; wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide probe either comprises a second wild type nucleic acid sequence or a SNP specific nucleic acid sequence; wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide melting probe has the same sequence as the wild type nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide primer over the overlap; and wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide melting probe extends out over the wild type nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide primer at one end by one nucleotide over where the SNP is located; and - detecting the presence or absence of the SNP in the amplification product, wherein a decreasing shift in the predefined melting temperature of the oligonucleotide melting probe is indicative of the presence of the SNP in the sample and wherein the absence of a decreasing shift in the predefined melting temperature of the oligonucleotide melting probe is indicative of the absence of the SNP in the sample if the oligonucleotide melting probe comprises a second wild type nucleic acid sequence, or wherein a decreasing shift in the predefined melting temperature of the oligonucleotide melting probe is indicative of the absence of the SNP in the sample and wherein the absence of a decreasing shift in the predefined melting temperature of the oligonucleotide melting probe is indicative of the presence of the SNP in the sample if the oligonucleotide melting probe comprises a SNP specific nucleic acid sequence, wherein the target nucleic acid comprises a non-conserved region with one or more silent mutations located where the primer hybridizes to the target nucleic acid. - performing an amplifying step comprising contacting the sample with an oligonucleotide primer comprising a wild type nucleic acid sequence to produce an amplification product if any target nucleic acid is present in the sample; - performing a hybridizing step comprising contacting the amplification product with an oligonucleotide melting probe, said oligonucleotide melting probe comprising a nucleic acid sequence having a predefined melting temperature, wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide melting probe overlaps the wild type nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide primer with a minimum overlap of at least 80% over the length of the wild type nucleic acid sequence; wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide probe either comprises a second wild type nucleic acid sequence or a SNP specific nucleic acid sequence; wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide melting probe has the same sequence as the wild type nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide primer over the overlap; and wherein the nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide melting probe extends out over the wild type nucleic acid sequence of the oligonucleotide primer at one end by one nucleotide over where the SNP is located; and - detecting the presence or absence of the SNP in the amplification product, wherein a decreasing shift in the predefined melting temperature of the oligonucleotide melting probe is indicative of the presence of the SNP in the sample and wherein the absence of a decreasing shift in the predefined melting temperature of the oligonucleotide melting probe is indicative of the absence of the SNP in the sample if the oligonucleotide melting probe comprises a second wild type nucleic acid sequence, or wherein a decreasing shift in the predefined melting temperature of the oligonucleotide melting probe is indicative of the absence of the SNP in the sample and wherein the absence of a decreasing shift in the predefined melting temperature of the oligonucleotide melting probe is indicative of the presence of the SNP in the sample if the oligonucleotide melting probe comprises a SNP specific nucleic acid sequence,