Taste sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide in a sample of Hungarian Gipsies
Tauszik, T.; Forrai, G.; Hollán, S.R.
Gene Geography a Computerized Bulletin on Human Gene Frequencies 1(2): 103-107
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0394-249X PMID: 3154112 Document Number: 290683
PTC sensitivity in Gipsy and non-Gipsy populations of Hungary was evaluated. A significantly high difference was observed between the proportions of non-tasters among the Gipsies (39.3 per cent) and the non-Gipsies (26.4 per cent). These results are regarded as a probable confirmation of the Indian origin of the Gipsies, as the percentage of non-tasters in the majority of the different Indian tribes is higher than that of the European populations.