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Table 2 Allele frequencies at variant loci TAS2R38 P49A and A262V in the ALSPAC sample

From: Refining associations between TAS2R38 diplotypes and the 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) taste test: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Nucleotide

Amino Acid

Allele

Protein code

Frequency in current study

p*

Comparative frequencies (Kim et al 2003)

145

49

G

Ala

0.60 (n = 10977)

0.9

0.64

  

C

Pro

0.40 (n = 7467)

 

0.36

262

262

T

Val

0.55 (n = 10147)

0.7

0.62

  

C

Ala

0.45 (n = 8405)

 

0.38

  1. * indicates p value for test of Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (exact test [37])