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Taste Deficiency for Phenyl-Thio-Urea in Southern Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Hans Olof Åkesson*
Affiliation:
Institute of Genetics, University of Lund, Sweden

Summary

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Of 200 students from Southern Sweden 32 per cent were non-tasters for phenyl-thio-urea.

Riassunto

RIASSUNTO

Il trentadue per cento di 200 studenti nella Università di Lund nella Svezia meridionale erano non-gustatori per la feniltiocarbamide.

Résumé

RÉSUMÉ

Trente-deux pour cent de 200 étudiants de l'Université de Lund, dans le Sud de la Suède, n'avaient pas de sens de goût pour le phénylthiocarbamide.

Zusammenfassung

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG

Das 32 Prozent von 200 Studenten der Universität von Lund im Süden-Schweden war Nichtschmecker für Phenylthioharnstoff.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1959

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