Same genetic components underlie different measures of sweet taste preference

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1663-1669

  Keskitalo, Kaisu ^a,b   Tuorila, Hely ^a   Spector, Tim D ^c   Cherkas, Lynn F ^c   Knaapila, Antti ^a,b   Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Perola, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic effects; Heritability; Sweet taste; Taste preferences; Twin study

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SWEETNESS; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 36849028028     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.5.1663     Document Type: Article

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