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by Terminatorex on October 9th, 2008

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Are gays a result of "Nature" or "nurture"?

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  • by Chris24 on November 7th, 2008

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    Nature.

    Scientific researchers who specialize in human sexuality have shown that homosexuality is linked to biology and genetics.

    An October 2004 scientific research publication stated that scientists have found that women tend to have more children when they inherit the same genetic factors linked to homosexuality in men & that this fertility boost more than compensates for the lack of offspring fathered by gay men and keeps the “gay” genetic factors in circulation; a 2005 study reported genetic scans showing a clustering of the same genetic pattern among gay men on three chromosomes; a study published in Human Genetics in February 2006 found extreme differences in X chromosome inactivation in mothers of gay sons and mothers whose sons were not gay; and another 2006 scientific study found that a man's likelihood of being gay rises with the number of older biological brothers even if gay men were raised away from their biological families.

    http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6519
    http://www.livescience.com/health/080617-hereditary-homosexuality.html
    http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/news/20050128/is-there-gay-gene
    http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/tb/3641

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