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From: levy@mtcchi.uucp (2656-Daniel R. Levy(0000000)0000)
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Subject: Re: The persistance of homosexuality in a gene pool
Keywords: mutation
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Date: 23 Jul 90 02:25:11 GMT
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I was just wondering about this when what to my surprise I should come across
the topic while passing by sci.bio.  (ONLY 500-odd newsgroups left for me to
read :-)  So I stop to ask a question.

Can anyone tell me about any reputable research (i.e. with no axe to grind)
that has either conclusively shown or disconfirmed a link between heredity and
sexual desire for members of the same sex, in humans?  Note please that I am
not saying that this would make acting upon that desire _right_ (I believe it
is contrary to God's will, and I don't care who flames, I'm just being straight
with you, no pun intended).  But I seem to recall hearing about research which
has shown such a hereditary link.  (It involved many pairs of identical twins
reared separately from birth, I think.)  References to articles that I can get
from reputable printed scientific or medical literature would be very welcome.
Thank you.
-- 
 Daniel R. Levy * Memorex Telex * Naperville IL * ..!uunet!tellab5!mtcchi!levy
So far as I can remember, there is not one      ... therefore be ye as shrewd
word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.  as serpents and harmless as
-- Bertrand Russell [Berkeley UNIX fortune]     doves -- God [Matthew 10:16]