rs1726866(G;G)

Can taste bitter

Magnitude
0.1Typical
Repute
Good
Frequency
38%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs1726866(C;C)Minus strand
Gene
TAS2R38

Frequency

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

  • Chinese (Denver)51%
  • Luhya (Kenya)49%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)47%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)44%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)42%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)40%
  • Maasai (Kenya)39%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)35%
  • Tuscan32%
  • European ancestry (Utah)20%
  • Gujarati Indian17%

Other genotypes of rs1726866

  1. A;GNot ratedcan taste bitterTypical · 0.147% of people
  2. A;AMost notableNot ratedpossible unable to taste bitterMinor · 1.116% of people

All about rs1726866

Source and license

Adapted from rs1726866(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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