Sensory
Fingerprint: the Genetics of Taste Perception
In matters of
taste, there is no argument. People differ, often dramatically, in their
ability to taste and smell many of the constituents in foods and drinks and
at least some of these differences are due to inborn genotypes in the taste
and olfactory receptors. I will explain ongoing work in my laboratory to
investigate the global scale of the human flavor experience and its
biological underpinnings.