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Is there an evolutionary explanation for homosexuality in animals, including humans?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Since gay couples have fewer children, the high frequency of same-sex relationships in humans is puzzling from an evolutionary point ...
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What would happen if the male-determining Y chromosome continues to deteriorate and eventually disappears? The mole vole offers hope

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The sex of human and other mammal babies is decided by a male-determining gene on the Y chromosome. But the ...
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Is western opposition to genetically modified animals hurting developing nations?

Conversation | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We need to double ...

Who has more similar genome: Men and women or males and male chimps?

Conversation | 
Gender differences and sexual preferences are frequently a point of conversation. What produces the differences between men and women? Are ...

Evidence suggests ‘gay genes’ do exisit, but some straight women have them, too

Conversation | 
The claim that homosexual men share a “gay gene” created a furore in the 1990s. But new research two decades ...
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