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Old 11-27-2007, 07:39 AM
DougShrapnel DougShrapnel is offline
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Default Re: Homosexuality and natural selection

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If homosexuality is genetic (trendy view nowadays and one I actually agree with), now that it is increasingly ok to come out of the closet, won't homosexuality be naturally selected out? (i.e the gay gene won't be passed on). In past generations homosexuality was repressed and so gay people were forced into child-producing hetrosexual relationships. As that changes, will homosexuality be naturally selected out?

[/ QUOTE ]No because the genes that typically would make a guy gay, could make a female more attractive. There probably isn't just one "gay gene", but a number of genes in combination with environmental factors.
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