Abstract
Summary
Phenyl thio carbamide is known to divide the adult population into 2 groups, those capable of tasting its intense bitterness (T) and those to whom it is tasteless (t). The capacity for tasting or failing to taste the compound is inherited according to Mendelian laws. It is demonstrated that the ability to taste or not to taste this compound is demonstrable in early infancy and it is suggested that such data can be profitably employed in cases of doubtful paternity in situations where a tasting child is born to a non-tasting mother.
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