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Homosexuality and Genetics (view source)
Revision as of 00:28, December 19, 2007
, 00:28, December 19, 2007some rewording and moving
In May of 2000, the [[American Psychiatric Association]] issued a fact sheet stating that "..there are no replicated scientific studies supporting a specific biological [[etiology]] for homosexuality.<ref> http://www.cwfa.org/images/content/bornorbred.pdf</ref>
In May of 2000, the [[American Psychiatric Association]] issued a fact sheet stating that "..there are no replicated scientific studies supporting a specific biological [[etiology]] for homosexuality.<ref> http://www.cwfa.org/images/content/bornorbred.pdf</ref>
Recent experiments in molecular genetics found that when certain genes were mutated in male fruit flies, that the flies would mate with both females and males. This finding has lent support to the position that homosexuality could have a genetic component.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=18066061&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum</ref>
In any event, the search for a single "gay gene" largely misses the point. Sexual orientation is most likely caused by a complex interaction between a number of genes and the environment. Homosexual ''behavior'', regardless of one's "orientation" is still voluntary and subject to control by the human will, just as heterosexual behavior is. Sex and intimacy, though, are basic necessities of human life, and acting on them, whether they be heterosexual or homosexual, is natural.
In any event, the search for a single "gay gene" largely misses the point. Sexual orientation is most likely caused by a complex interaction between a number of genes and the environment. Homosexual ''behavior'', regardless of one's "orientation" is still voluntary and subject to control by the human will, just as heterosexual behavior is. Sex and intimacy, though, are basic necessities of human life, and acting on them, whether they be heterosexual or homosexual, is natural.
==Work of the Human Genome Project==
==Work of the Human Genome Project==