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phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste stimulus
taste of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)
Complex inheritance for this trait.
For some people (& some chimpanzees also), PTC tastes very bitter.
For others, it is tasteless.
5 haplotypes arising from three coding SNPs in the TAS2R38 gene are associated with distinct phenotypes of PTC taste sensitivity.
Related
taste receptor, type 2, member 38 (T2R38, T2R61, PTC bitter taste receptor, TAS2R38)
General
taste stimulus
Database Correlations
OMIM 171200
References
OMIM :accession 171200