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Homosexuality, birth order, and evolution: toward an equilibrium reproductive economics of homosexuality.

Archives of sexual behavior - 1 Feb 2000

Miller E M

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The survival of a human predisposition for homosexuality can be explained by sexual orientation being a polygenetic trait that is influenced by a number of genes. During development these shift male brain development in the female direction. Inheritance of several such alleles produces homosexuality. Single alleles make for greater sensitivity, empathy, tendermindedness, and kindness. These traits make...

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PMID: 10763427
DOI: 10.1023/a:1001836320541

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