Table 3.

Allele frequency for PTC tasting ability in North Indian Muslim Populations

Populations	Male		Female		Combined
	T	t	T	t	T	t
Syed	0.4877	0.5123	0.4788	0.5212	0.4829	0.5171
Sheikh	0.4425	0.5575	0.4192	0.5808	0.4301	0.5699
Pathan	0.3983	0.6017	0.4043	0.5957	0.4014	0.5986
Sherwani	0.4289	0.5711	0.4752	0.5248	0.4532	0.5468
Shia	0.4175	0.5825	0.4490	0.5509	0.4331	0.5669
Ansari	0.3096	0.6904	0.3758	0.6242	0.3401	0.6599
Total	0.4084	0.5916	0.4317	0.5683	0.4202	0.5798

T and t are dominant and recessive alleles respectively.