Don't blame the chef: Whether you love it or hate it may depend entirely on what variant of gene you were born with
Don't blame the chef: Whether you love it or hate pork may depend entirely on what variant of gene you were born with
Next time a chef (or your partner) serves you up a bad piece of pork, don't be so quick to judge.
For genetics appears to play a big role in how you perceive the taste of meat - specifically pig meat.
And those of us with a gene called OR7D4 perceive a distinct scent - and describe it as resembling urine, onions or faeces.
Researchers, at Duke University in North Caroline, tested to see how the gene specifically helps perceive the taste of androstenone.
They were curious to test 'odorant receptors', found in our noses and mouth.
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