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

doi:10.1300/J082v28n01_07

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

Journal of homosexuality - 1 Jan 1995

Haynes J D

Abstract excerpt

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 homosexuali...

Topics

Female
Gender Identity
Homosexuality
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Sex
Sex Characteristics
Sex Differentiation
Social Environment
Transsexualism
Twin Studies as Topic
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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