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To: cosmicforce who wrote (2978)	10/18/2000 12:48:35 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 10042

This is interesting: Three lines of evidence support the idea of a genetic basis for homosexuality, none of them conclusive. A study of twins and adopted siblings found that about half of identical twins of homosexual men were themselves gay, compared with 22 percent of fraternal twins and 11 percent of adoptees; a similar pattern was found among women. While such a pattern is consistent with some kind of genetic loading for sexual orientation, critics contend it also could be explained by the very similar experiences many twins share. And, of course, half the identical twins did not become gay--which by definition means something other than genes must be involved. A well-publicized 1991 study reported a distinctive anatomical feature in gay men. Simon LeVay autopsied the brains of homosexual men and heterosexual men and women and found that a certain nucleus in the hypothalamus was more than twice as large in heterosexual men as in gay men or heterosexual women. Although LeVay couldn't explain how this neurological difference might translate into homosexuality, he speculates that the nucleus is somehow related to sexual orientation. The hypothalamus is known to be involved in sexual response. The only study so far to report an actual genetic connection to homosexuality is a 1993 study by Dean Hamer, a National Institutes of Health biologist who identified a genetic marker on the X chromosome in 75 percent of gay brothers. The functional significance of this piece of DNA is unknown, and subsequent research has not succeeded in duplicating Hamer's results.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (2978)	10/18/2000 12:50:19 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 10042

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To: cosmicforce who wrote (2978)	10/18/2000 12:56:33 AM
From: Lino...	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Thanks for the response. However, the female fetus are aborted in these cultures because females are considered inferior to men. Population control has nothing to do with it. Does that change the picture? I value life.... all life!! I don't like answering an abstract question, but I will in this instance. If there was a gay gene, and make no boubt about it I don't believe there is and I have seen no concise prove that there is such a gene, I would not want it aborted unless the mother's life was in danger. I have a fear that the next step in selective abortion ( a British doctor recommended the following) is to abort children that show a "risk" of being born imperfect.