Selection on the human bitter taste gene, tas2r16, in eurasian populations

Human Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-377

  Li, Hui ^a,b   Pakstis, Andrew J ^a   Kidd, Judith R ^a   Kidd, Kenneth K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bitter; Gathering; Genetic variation; Positive selection; TAS2R16

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051504325     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.083.0303     Document Type: Article

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