[Taste sensitivity for phenylthiocarbamide among the population of western Kazakhstan].
The sensitivity to phenyl thiocarbamide was studied in 405 people of Kazakh nationality and in 161 people of Russian nationality (males and females), the students of the Institute. 23.9% of the former proved non-sensitive, the gene frequency "t" being 0.490. Among the latter these values were 28.6% and 0.535, respectively.
D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000187:drug effects; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000187:drug effects; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007623:Kazakhstan; D008297:Male; D010670:Phenylthiourea / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects*; D013652:Taste Threshold / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
D010670:Phenylthiourea
Vkusovaia chuvstvitel'nost' k feniltiokarbamidu sredi naseleniia Zapadnogo Kazakhstana.