Marker

rs846664

rs846664 is a DNA marker (a dbSNP reference SNP ID) in the TAS2R16 gene that Biome reads to report 1 genetic trait.

Traits rs846664 reads

Bitter-taste sensitivity (salicin)

Gene

TAS2R16

Reference databases

dbSNP: rs846664

How Biome reads this

Biome's whole-genome test reads this from one saliva sample, alongside all 3.2 billion letters of your DNA.

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