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To: i-node who wrote (884618)	9/2/2015 9:06:44 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578122

You can't just say, "All gay people have this condition, therefore this condition causes or in any way influences whether a person is gay." It doesn't work that way. Actually, it does. Especially if you can also say "None of the straight population have this condition". While you do have to be careful to avoid assigning some correlations to causation, if enough of the other variables are constrained or accounted for, it is a perfectly legitimate thing to do. For example. You are testing a new drug. Half of the test population gets the drug. The rest get a placebo. All of the test population that got the drug dies of liver failure. You, being a representative for the drug manufacturer, claim that we can't conclude the drug is what killed them. After all, correlation is not causation, right? Wrong. While it would be prudent to check to see if there is something else they had in common to cause the liver failure, any rational researcher is going to hold the drug as the prime suspect. You are using the same bullshit argument that the tobacco companies used to forestall controls on tobacco for decades.

To: i-node who wrote (884618)	9/2/2015 11:13:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578122

I think you're confusing markers with mutations. A genetic marker is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. It can be described as a variation (which may arise due to mutation or alteration in the genomic loci) that can be observed. A genetic marker may be a short DNA sequence, such as a sequence surrounding a single base-pair change ( single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP), or a long one, like minisatellites. en.wikipedia.org Xq28 Xq28 is a chromosome band and genetic marker situated at the tip of the X chromosome which has been studied since at least 1980. [1] The band contains three distinct regions, totaling about 8 Mb of genetic information. [2] Xq28 contains the 12 genes of the melanoma-associated antigen (MAGE) family, [3] of which MAGEA11has been identified as a coregulator for the androgen receptor. [4] Duplications of certain genes within Xq28, namely MECP2 and IRAK1, have been associated with phenotypes including anxiety and autism. [5] The marker came to the public eye in 1993 when studies by Dean Hamer and others indicated a link between the Xq28 marker and male sexual orientation. [6] read more............ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xq28