In your own words, explain how a person may taste the bitterness of PTC by using the following vocabulary words in your explanation (choose any order): trait, gene, genotype, phenotype, and alleles. Underline each word as you use it in your explanation. In this explanation, you can treat PTC taste sensitivity as a single- gene trait. [As mentioned in the video, it may be more complex than a single-gene trait.]

Individuals are often characterized as “tasters” or “non-tasters” of PTC, but there is some variability amongst tasters in how much bitterness they can detect. ... The ability to taste PTC is due changes in the TAS2R38 gene that affects the function of bitter taste receptors on the tongue.

Explanation:

a adaptation is when organism changes itself to fit the environment

ex. when its cold outside i wear a jacket

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