Heritability and genetic covariation of sensitivity to PROP, SOA, quinine HCl, and caffeine

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-413

  Hansen, Jonathan L ^a,b   Reed, Danielle R ^c   Wright, Margaret J ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Breslin, Paul A S ^c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter taste; Propylthiouracil; Quinine hydrochloride; Sucrose octa acetate; Twin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; CAFFEINE; DENATONIUM BENZOATE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAFFEINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIBLINGS; SUCROSE; TASTE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33745207068     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj044     Document Type: Article

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