rs1726866(A;A)

Possible unable to taste bitter

Magnitude
1.1Minor
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
16%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs1726866(T;T)Minus strand
Gene
TAS2R38

Frequency

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

  • European ancestry (Utah)34%
  • Gujarati Indian32%
  • Tuscan23%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)20%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)16%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)12%
  • Maasai (Kenya)12%
  • Luhya (Kenya)8%
  • Chinese (Denver)7%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)7%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)5%

Other genotypes of rs1726866

  1. G;GGoodcan taste bitterTypical · 0.138% of people
  2. A;GNot ratedcan taste bitterTypical · 0.147% of people

All about rs1726866

Notes

From SNPedia

80% likely to be unable to taste bitter

Source and license

Adapted from rs1726866(T;T) 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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