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How cilantro tastes to you

How cilantro tastes to you is a genetic trait Biome reports in its taste & smell panel: Whether cilantro tastes soapy to you, linked to the OR6A2 smell receptor.

Category
Taste & smell
Markers
OR6A2 rs72921001
Strength of evidence
Moderate

Genes

Markers (rsIDs)

How Biome reads this

Biome's at-home DNA test reads this directly from one saliva sample, alongside 650,000+ other markers.

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