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From: francis@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Joseph Francis)
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Subject: Re: Genetics vs. environment in being gay
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Date: Tue, 30-Sep-86 13:39:13 EDT
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In article <109@sbstaff2.UUCP> faunt@sbstaff2.UUCP (Jim Fauntleroy) writes:
>> I have a gay friend whose identical twin brother is straight.
>> ...
>     As for citations of studies, there was a news note in the Gay Community
>Boston University School of Medicine, and the principal investigator was
>Richard Pillard.
> ...

A friend of mine works in this area (with Richard Pillard I believe).
James Weinrich, of Boston University School of Medicine, family studies 
or something like that. 
I can't remember the study (I have copies somewhere) but if you are gay,
they you are k times more likely to have a gay brother than if you are 
straight, etc. and same (somewhat smaller k) for lesbians.  The study 
implied heritability of homosexuality on the same order as something like
alcoholism or schizophrenia (no pejorative association though).  
See E.O. Wilson on the subject, too (If you believe in sociobiology, clap
your hands! (re: New York Review of books, latest issue) 
(Nice to talk to everyone again)


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