Same-Sex Behavior Is
Linked to Genetics, New Study.
The broad international
study of close to half a
million people was published
online in the journal 'Science.'.
It found that while
same-sex behavior was
linked genetically, there is
no single gene correlated to it.
Rather, the study found
that the genetic markers
for same-sex behavior can
found over a range of genes.
Like most human behaviors,
the markers are influenced
by a myriad of both environmental
and genetic factors.
This means that genetic markers
cannot be used to identify same-sex
behavior in an individual.
According to the study,
predicting sexual orientation
based on a person's genome is
"practically impossible.".
Complicated behavior, such as same-sex sexual behavior, is a compilation of genetics and the social environment. It’s not just one or the other, Melinda Mills, Professor University of Oxford, via
'The Wall Street Journal'.
This new study provides even more evidence that being gay or lesbian is a natural part of human life, [and] also reconfirms the long established understanding that there is no conclusive degree to which nature or nurture influence how a gay or lesbian person behaves, Zeke Stokes, GLAAD CPO, via 'The Wall Street Journal'.
Researchers of the study —
one of the largest of its kind —
have created a website called
"Genetics of Sexual Behavior."