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Homosexuality
#162 11 December 2004 - 06:07 PM
if homosexuality was genetic, then why are there still homosexuals? wouldn't they have died off?(not being able to reproduce)
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#165 11 December 2004 - 10:17 PM
There's also another option:
We still have lethal genetic diseases. Why haven't they died off? Mutation. While selection removes the genes from the population, mutation creates them again.
However, most mutation-selection balances result in very low gene frequencies, much lower than the rate of homosexuality in the world, so I don't think it's a good explanation in this case. But it does go to show that genes which reduce fitness can stick around.
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We still have lethal genetic diseases. Why haven't they died off? Mutation. While selection removes the genes from the population, mutation creates them again.
However, most mutation-selection balances result in very low gene frequencies, much lower than the rate of homosexuality in the world, so I don't think it's a good explanation in this case. But it does go to show that genes which reduce fitness can stick around.
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#166 12 December 2004 - 12:34 AM
That is just one of a number of factors leading toward one developing homosexuality. The geneticist (also responsible for the “god gean”) found certain DNA strands that were more likely to be found in somebody that was gay then somebody that wasn’t. All this says is that certain geans may make people more prone to be homosexual (same case with spirituality).
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#167 12 December 2004 - 03:06 AM
yourdadonapogos said:
if homosexuality was genetic, then why are there still homosexuals? wouldn't they have died off?(not being able to reproduce)
For the last ****ing time, homosexuals can and do reproduce.
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