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The linkage to markers on Xq28, the subtelomeric region of the long arm of the sex chromosome... [indicated] a statistical confidence level of more than 99 percent that at least one subtype of male sexual orientation is genetically influenced.
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It is reported here that male-male courtship behavior is evoked instantaneously in the fruit fly Drosophila by conditional disruption of synaptic transmission. A temperature-sensitive allele of the Drosophila dynamin gene shibire (shi(ts1)) was expressed by using the GAL4/UAS system to disrupt synaptic transmission from GAL4-positive neurons in a temperature-dependent manner.
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| Ebru Demir | Researcher, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology |
| Barry J. Dickson | Scientific Director, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology |
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We show that male [gene] splicing is essential for male courtship behavior and sexual orientation. More importantly, male [gene] splicing is also sufficient to generate male behavior in otherwise normal females. These females direct their courtship toward other females (or males engineered to produce female pheromones).
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[The Bible] speaks clearly and emphatically against this lifestyle. ... First and foremost, there is no genetic basis for "same-sex attraction disorder" (SSAD). Genetics is a complicated issue, with many possible inherited predisposing factors for a personality type that could be vulnerable to the development of SSAD. It has been shown in many studies that environmental influences acting on the "vulnerable" individual can lead to confusion and eventual adoption of a homosexual lifestyle.
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The essentialist argument that homosexuality is biologically determined, and is therefore not amenable to change, continues to find little support in science.
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