Re: Homosexuality and natural selection
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i don't see how it's flawed based on your reasoning. the gene could be recessive or the trait could need an environmental trigger. how does that make the idea flawed?
(i personally think it's unlikely that "gayness" is adaptive, but the idea isn't flawed because straight parents have gay kids)
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its flawed in that if what you say there is true, doesn't that invalidate your OP?
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huh? wasn't that my original post?
the gene being recessive or the trait needing an environmental trigger invalidates...the idea that being a "gay uncle" could be adaptive? no.
i guess i don't follow.
maybe you mean that it means that the answer to the orignal poster's question "will natural selection eliminate the trait" is no. sure, if the "gay uncle" hypothesis is right, the answer to that question would be no. still not sure that that's what you meant.
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