Same-Sex Behavior Is <br />Linked to Genetics, New Study.<br />The broad international <br />study of close to half a <br />million people was published <br />online in the journal 'Science.'.<br />It found that while <br />same-sex behavior was <br />linked genetically, there is <br />no single gene correlated to it.<br />Rather, the study found <br />that the genetic markers <br />for same-sex behavior can <br />found over a range of genes.<br />Like most human behaviors, <br />the markers are influenced <br />by a myriad of both environmental <br />and genetic factors.<br />This means that genetic markers <br />cannot be used to identify same-sex <br />behavior in an individual.<br />According to the study, <br />predicting sexual orientation <br />based on a person's genome is <br />"practically impossible.".<br />Complicated behavior, such as same-sex sexual behavior, is a compilation of genetics and the social environment. It’s not just one or the other, Melinda Mills, Professor University of Oxford, via <br />'The Wall Street Journal'.<br />This new study provides even more evidence that being gay or lesbian is a natural part of human life, [and] also reconfirms the long established understanding that there is no conclusive degree to which nature or nurture influence how a gay or lesbian person behaves, Zeke Stokes, GLAAD CPO, via 'The Wall Street Journal'.<br />Researchers of the study — <br />one of the largest of its kind — <br />have created a website called <br />"Genetics of Sexual Behavior."
