Key Features
- PTC only has a taste to 7 out of 10 people
- Thiourea may have taste if you can taste PTC
- Different genes determine if you can taste sodium benzoate. If it tastes salty, bitter, or sweet to you, then you have the dominant gene (S-). If you don't taste anything, you are recessive (ss).
- Perfect for a demonstration of genetics and heredity
- Included sample activity
Product Description
Super Taster Test Kit - Phenylthiourea (PTC), Sodium Benzoate, Thiourea, and Control (No Chemical) - Genetic Taste Testing, Vials of 100(1) Vial of 100 PTC Test Strips, (1) Vial of 100 Sodium Benzoate Test Strips, (1) Vial of 100 Thiourea Test Strips, (1) Vial of 100 Control (No Chemical) Test Strips
This genetic taste testing kit contains 3 different tests to determine whether someone is a supertaster. It can be used to demonstrate the effects of heredity on taste. Included with the vials is a sample activity.
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