Twin study of the heritability of recognition thresholds for sour and salty taste

Chemical Senses

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 749-754

  Wise, Paul M ^a   Hansen, Jonathan L ^b,c   Reed, Danielle R ^a   Breslin, Paul A S ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetics; NaCl; Perception; pH; Variability

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; PHENYLTHIOUREA; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CITRIC ACID; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PERCEPTION; PHENYLTHIOUREA; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SALTS; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 35348865022     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm042     Document Type: Article

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