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Scientists May Have Finally Unlocked Puzzle of Why People Are Gay
2012-12-11
I've had the feeling that certain people are programmed in a complex society not to propagate, of whom gays are a subset, in order to help society. It appeared that this was genetic and as such according Darwinian theory, should also apply to lower order life forms such as ants and bees. Sure enough on the same day as they find that it's not genetic but epigenic for gays, they also find the the same epigenic changes apply to bees as well.
Lesbians get it from fathers, gay men from mothers?

Scientists may have finally solved the puzzle of what makes a person gay, and how it is passed from parents to their children.

A group of scientists suggested Tuesday that homosexuals get that trait from their opposite-sex parents: A lesbian will almost always get the trait from her father, while a gay man will get the trait from his mother.

The hereditary link of homosexuality has long been established, but scientists knew it was not a strictly genetic link, because there are many pairs of identical twins who have differing sexualities. Scientists from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis say homosexuality seems to have an epigenetic, not a genetic link.
Posted by:tipper

#7  No. It's because of an atrophied amygdala.
Posted by: gorb   2012-12-11 21:27  

#6  Now that's just gay.

Sorry... had to say it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-12-11 20:41  

#5  Interesting. Now if they can just figure out why people are Democrats...
Posted by: SteveS   2012-12-11 19:53  

#4  Yeah. What Iblis just said. Guess I should read previous comments before posting.
Posted by: Lowspark   2012-12-11 19:23  

#3  I read a publication a few years ago that spoke of possible genetic links to homosexuality. It was picked up by the gay community as proof that there was no "choice" in the matter. Then, just as fast, the hand wringing began about the possibilities of genetic "cures" for homosexuality through so called designer babies and the fear that gays would be selected against by parents. This article makes more sense that it would be from a change in gene expression rather than the underlying DNA.
Posted by: Lowspark   2012-12-11 19:17  

#2  Well, it couldn't be strictly genetic or else it would weed itself out of the population over time, and the greater a society's acceptance of gays the quicker they would disappear.

The really interesting thing, of course, is the possibility of a 'cure.' If you know what epigenetic changes cause the trait, you could potentially create a treatment to prevent / reverse it. So, how long until we see state laws proposed to outlaw curing homosexuality?
Posted by: Iblis   2012-12-11 18:16  

#1  I thought it was show tunes...
Posted by: tu3031   2012-12-11 17:39  

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