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Eisco™ Genetic Traits Taste Testing Strips
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MTO (Made-To-Order) item. This item is subject to the following cancellation policy: This item may be cancelled within 10 days of order placement otherwise is not returnable for credit
MTO (Made-To-Order) item. This item is subject to the following cancellation policy: This item may be cancelled within 10 days of order placement otherwise is not returnable for credit

Demonstrate how the ability to taste a certain compound is based on heredity with these Genetic Traits Taste Testing Strips.

Is it sweet, salty, bitter or tasteless?

  • Depending on their own genetics, students will experience different tastes from the test strips
  • PTC — seven out of 10 students will detect a definite taste; remainder will not
  • Sodium benzoate — genetics determine if the paper tastes sweet, salty, bitter or tasteless If a student can taste PTC, he may not be able to taste thiourea
  • Control strips have no PTC, sodium benzoate or thiourea

Order Info

Each test strip comes in a pack of 100.

Specifications

Product Type

Control Paper Taste Strip

Grade

7 to 12

For Use With (Application)

Used to demonstrates the effects of heredity on taste

Includes

1 Vial of 100 Test Strips

Material

Paper

Class Size

100 Students

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