The hypothesis is that people have genetically inherited tasting abilities.

You will distribute taste papers to yourself and family members, record the results, and graph the data.

You will need PTC Taste Paper, Sodium Benzoate Taste Paper, Thiourea Taste Paper, Control Taste Paper, paper cups of water, notebook paper, pencils, and envelopes.

After testing yourself and your family members, you can use the data to predict which trait (taster or non-taster) is dominant in your family and in the general population. You may also observe that certain traits, such as obesity, may be linked to being a taster or a non-taster.

This science project is interesting and unique because it involves the whole family in the process of determining whether an individual can be classified as a taster or a non-taster.

Experiment variations to consider include constructing a Punnett Square using the information collected from parents, and testing to see if people who tend to be overweight are tasters, or if thinner people are non-tasters.

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