Excess of counterclockwise scalp hair-whorl rotation in homosexual men.
J Genet
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2004 Dec; 83(3): 251-5
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
While most men prefer women as their sexual partners, some are bisexual and others are homosexuals. It has been debated for a long time whether a person's sexual preference is innate, learned, or due to a combination of both causes. It was recently discovered that the human right-versus-left-hand use preference and the direction of scalp hair-whorl rotation develop from a common genetic mechanism. Such a mechanism controls functional specialization of brain hemispheres. Whether the same mechanism specifying mental makeup influences sexual preference was determined here by comparing hair-whorl rotation in groups enriched with homosexual men with that in males at large. Only a minority of 8.2% (n = 207) unselected 'control' group of males had counterclockwise rotation. In contrast, all three samples enriched with homosexual men exhibited highly significant (P < 0.0001), 3.6-fold excess (29.8%, n = 272) counterclockwise rotation. These results suggest that sexual preference may be influenced in a significant proportion of homosexual men by a biological/genetic factor that also controls direction of hair-whorl rotation.
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Sujet Principal:
Cuir chevelu
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Humains
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Mâle
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Taille de l'échantillon
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Homosexualité masculine
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Poils
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
J Genet
Année:
2004
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Article
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