Article
Bitter taste perception in Neanderthals through the analysis of the TAS2R38 gene.
Biology letters - 23 Dec 2009
Lalueza-Fox Carles, Gigli Elena, de la Rasilla Marco, Fortea Javier, Rosas Antonio
Abstract excerpt
The bitter taste perception (associated with the ability or inability to taste phenylthiocarbamide) is mediated by the TAS2R38 gene. Most of the variation in this gene is explained by three common amino-acid polymorphisms at positions 49 (encoding proline or alanine), 262 (alanine or valine) and 296 (valine or isoleucine) that determine two common isoforms: proline-alanine-valine (PAV) and...
Topics
- Animals
- Anthropology, Physical
- Base Sequence
- Genetic Variation
- Hominidae
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
- Taste Perception
- Taste Receptors, Type 2