In pursuit of taste phenotypes

Chemical Senses

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 289-292

  Green, Barry G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Individual differences; Phenotypes; Psychophysics; Taste

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; GENETIC REGULATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEARING; HTAS2R38 GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOTE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTOR GENE; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

CITRIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 84876853100     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjt007     Document Type: Note

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