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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My wife totally has the soap thing, and I must be a carrier for that gene, because I can see where the soapy flavor is coming from, but it doesn't bug me.

For the smell/taste thing, I have the opposite. I love the smell of roasting coffee... can't stand coffee.

Ditto unsmoked tobacco, smells amazing, cannot tolerate smoking.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    My wife totally has the soap thing, and I must be a carrier for that gene, because I can see where the soapy flavor is coming from, but it doesn't bug me.

    Perhaps your wife has two copies of the soapy variant of OR10A2, but you have only one? I.e., your wife has (C;C) at rs72921001, while you have (A;C).

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