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Associations between taste genetics, oral sensation and alcohol intake.
Physiology & behavior - 15 Sept 2004
Duffy Valerie B, Peterson Julie M, Bartoshuk Linda M
Abstract excerpt
Alcohol produces a range of oral sensations, some of which have been shown to vary with the perceived bitterness of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), one marker for genetic variation in taste. Some studies report that offspring of alcoholics are most likely to be PROP nontasters [Physiol. Behav. 51 (1992) 1261; Physiol. Behav. 64 (1998) 147], yet others report the offspring as more responsive to sodium chloride (NaCl)...
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