TraitHigh when all three observed

Bitter taste sensitivity

Bitter taste sensitivity is a genetic trait Biome reports in its taste & smell panel: A three-marker TAS2R38 result is linked to how strongly you taste bitterness in foods such as broccoli, coffee, and tonic water.

Category: Taste & smell
Markers: TAS2R38 haplotype (rs713598, rs1726866, rs10246939)
Strength of evidence: High when all three observed

Genes

TAS2R38

Markers (rsIDs)

rs713598
rs1726866
rs10246939

How Biome reads this

Biome's whole-genome test reads this from one saliva sample, alongside all 3.2 billion letters of your DNA.

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