Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video was produced as part of the PTC Taster Digital Lab from miniPCR bio. Learn more at digital.minipcr.com
In the PTC Taster Digital Lab, students explore how genetic variation influences the way we perceive the world. Learn how a person's genotype for the taste receptor gene TAS2R38 influences their ability to taste the substance phenylthiocarbamide (PTC). Though TAS2R38 genotype is a good predictor of a person's PTC taster phenotype, there are instances where genotype and phenotype appear to be mismatched. This video explains why that might happen.
The PTC Taster Digital Lab can be used as a standalone Lab Simulation, or as a companion to our PTC Taster hands-on Learning Lab: minipcr.com/product/minipcr-genotype-to-phenotype-ptc-taster-lab
This video was produced as part of the PTC Taster Digital Lab from miniPCR bio. Learn more at digital.minipcr.com
In the PTC Taster Digital Lab, students explore how genetic variation influences the way we perceive the world. Learn how a person's genotype for the taste receptor gene TAS2R38 influences their ability to taste the substance phenylthiocarbamide (PTC). Though TAS2R38 genotype is a good predictor of a person's PTC taster phenotype, there are instances where genotype and phenotype appear to be mismatched. This video explains why that might happen.
The PTC Taster Digital Lab can be used as a standalone Lab Simulation, or as a companion to our PTC Taster hands-on Learning Lab: minipcr.com/product/minipcr-genotype-to-phenotype-ptc-taster-lab
