Human Homosexuality: A Paradigmatic Arena for Sexually Antagonistic Selection?
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Human homosexuality: a paradigmatic arena for sexually antagonistic selection?
Sexual conflict likely plays a crucial role in the origin and maintenance of homosexuality in our species. Although environmental factors are known to affect human homosexual (HS) preference, sibling concordances and population patterns related to HS indicate that genetic components are also influencing this trait in humans. We argue that multilocus, partially X-linked genetic factors undergoin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1943-0264
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a017657