Sexual orientation, sociobiology, and evolution.

doi:10.1300/j082v09n02_10

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Sexual orientation, sociobiology, and evolution.

Journal of homosexuality - 1 Jan 2000

Futuyma D J, Risch S J

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Sociobiologists have proposed evolutionary explanations of homosexuality. Such hypotheses assume that the homosexual orientation is a distinct, reifiable trait, rather than an expression of universal sexual and emotional drives. For homosexuality to constitute an evolved trait, it must have a gen...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Body Weight
Ethics
Family
Female
Genetic Variation
Homosexuality
Humans
Male
Models, Genetic
Pregnancy
Twins

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