PTC tasting ability
Gene Diversity Analysis and Microdifferentiation Process in North Indian Muslim Populations
By: RUQAIYA HUSSAIN, AHSANA SHAH, MOHD FAREED, MOHAMMAD AFZAL – Indian population is well known for its genetic diversity, ethnicity and microdifferentiation process. The present work deals with the distribution of A1A2BO, Rh (D), PTC tasting ability and Red green Colorblindness to study the genetic structure, fitness and microdifferentiation process among different Muslim populations of…
Genetic Sensitivity to Phenylthiocarbamide -Effect on Body Mass Indices and DNA damage
By: GURSATEJ GANDHI, GAZALJIT KAUR, AMANJIT KAUR, NARESH MAHAJAN, JASMEET KAUR – As sensitivity to bitter taste (phenylthiocarbamide [PTC] perception) has been maintained at high frequency worldwide, its use as a potential genetic marker for food preferences and dietary choices and its influence on body weight/adiposity which in turn maybe a contributor to various co-morbidities…