rs10246939(C;C)

Can taste bitter

Magnitude
0.1Typical
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
31%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs10246939(C;C)
Gene
TAS2R38

Frequency

Share of people with C;C in each HapMap population.

  • Chinese (Denver)51%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)47%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)38%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)35%
  • Tuscan32%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)30%
  • Maasai (Kenya)26%
  • Luhya (Kenya)26%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)21%
  • European ancestry (Utah)20%
  • Gujarati Indian16%

Other genotypes of rs10246939

  1. C;TNot ratedcan taste bitterTypical · 0.147% of people
  2. T;TMost notableNot ratedpossibly unable to taste bitternessMinor · 1.122% of people

All about rs10246939

Source and license

Adapted from rs10246939(C;C) on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

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