Iva Kulichová, Médéric Mouterde, Mohammed G Mokhtar, Issa Diallo, Petr Tříska, Yoro Mame Diallo, Zuzana Hofmanová, Estella S Poloni, Viktor Černý
OBJECTIVES: Mode of subsistence is an important factor influencing dietary habits and the genetic structure of various populations through differential intensity of gene flow and selection pressures. Previous studies suggest that in Africa Taste 2 Receptor Member 16 (TAS2R16), which encodes the 7-transmembrane receptor protein for bitterness, might also be under positive selection pressure. METHODS: However, since sampling coverage of populations was limited, we created a new TAS2R16 population dataset from across the African Sahel/Savannah belt representing various local populations of differing subsistence modes, linguistic affiliations, and geographic provenience...
November 30, 2021: American Journal of Physical Anthropology