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The peer-reviewed article can be found here.Homosexuality Linked to Genetics in Mice - TIME NewsFeed
Another of science's epic debates has finally been resolved: it turns out that homosexuality is genetic. (In mice, at least.)
According to a study published in the BioMed Central Genetics journalthis month, researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were able to prove a link between genetics and sexual preference in female mice.
The procedure involved removing the females' (conveniently-abbreviated) FucM genes, which caused their brains to be masculinized—essentially turning the mice into lesbians. Researchers reported that after the gene was removed the mice “exhibited a masculine behavior, such as mounting to a normal female partner as well as showing a preference to female urine.”
While any researcher can tell you that mouse studies never directly apply to humans, this does prove that homosexuality can be induced by genetic manipulation of mammals.
To think, a simple genetic deletion can cause homosexuality in mice...fascinating.