Genetic Variation in the TAS2R38 Bitter Taste Receptor and Smoking Behaviors

Davide S. Risso; Julia Kozlitina; Eduardo Sainz; Joanne Gutierrez; Stephen Wooding; Betelihem Getachew; Donata Luiselli; Carla J. Berg; Dennis Drayna

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164157

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Genetic Variation in the TAS2R38 Bitter Taste Receptor and Smoking Behaviors

Davide S. Risso,

Affiliations Laboratory of Communication Disorders, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Centre for Genome Biology, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Julia Kozlitina,

Affiliation McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Eduardo Sainz,

Affiliation Laboratory of Communication Disorders, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Joanne Gutierrez,

Affiliation Laboratory of Communication Disorders, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Stephen Wooding,

Affiliation Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, United States of America
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Betelihem Getachew,

Affiliation Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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Donata Luiselli,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Centre for Genome Biology, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Carla J. Berg,

Affiliation Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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Dennis Drayna

* E-mail: drayna@nidcd.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Communication Disorders, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1730-4532

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Genetic Variation in the TAS2R38 Bitter Taste Receptor and Smoking Behaviors

Davide S. Risso,
Julia Kozlitina,
Eduardo Sainz,
Joanne Gutierrez,
Stephen Wooding,
Betelihem Getachew,
Donata Luiselli,
Carla J. Berg,
Dennis Drayna

Published: October 6, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164157

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