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A Study on Phenylthiocarbamide Tasting in Bagatha Tribes in India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Biotechnology, DVR & DR. HS MIC College of Technology, Kanchikacherla, AP, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 2, Issue (4), Pages 33-36, April,10 (2013)

Abstract

Anthropometric characters have been used for racial classification for so many years. However, the use of Genetic characters offers the special advantage of helping to understand the dynamics of human populations. Genetic traits with variable frequency in different populations are useful in evaluating and analyzing evolutionary forces, as well as for classification of human race. For understanding the human diversity many polymorphic genetic markers have been used. The present study shows the variation among the taste sensitivity to Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and colourblindness in Bagatha tribal population of Visakhapatnam district.

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