Comparing sensory experience in bitter taste perception of phenylthiocarbamide within and between human twins and singletons: Intrapair differences in thresholds and genetic variance estimates

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-224

  Sharma, Krishan ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic variance; PTC taste perception; Singletons; Threshold; Twins; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849101332     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/aa/66/2008/211     Document Type: Article

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