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The Ability to taste PTC among Swedish Men and Women (Nulliparae and others)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Torsten Romanus
Torsten Romanus*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Anthropological Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, (Sverige)

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Among 2,005 Swedish men the percentage of “non-tasters” for PTC is 18.4 ± 0.9 and by 1,051 women 12.8 ± 1.0. The difference is 5.6 ± 1.4%. The difference of “non-tasters” between women who are nulliparae (437) and others (614) is 19.5 — 8.1 = 11.4 ± 2.2%.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , October 1965 , pp. 417 - 420
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1965

References

Boyd, W. C. and Boyd, L. G.: Sexual and racial variations in ability to taste PTC. Annals of Eugenics, 8, 46. (1937–1938).Google Scholar