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A critique of the possibility of genetic inheritance of homosexual orientation.

Journal of homosexuality - 1 Jan 1995

Haynes J D

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Many workers in human sexuality have tried to discover causes of sexual orientation. No one theory has proved to be satisfactory. Studies of monozygotic and dizygotic twins, some of whom have been reared separately and some together, suggest that there may be an inherited component of homosexuality. Other studies, particularly those concerned with the evolution of human sexuality, question such a possibility. A...

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PMID: 7560926
DOI: 10.1300/J082v28n01_07

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