How Common Are Gay Animals? - Ned Hardy

Contents:

• GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD
• GAY ANIMALS
• HOW COMMON ARE GAY ANIMALS?
• ARE ANY ANIMALS GAY? THE TTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY THE ANIMAL KGDOM

GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD

Although Darw’s theory of natural selectn predicts an evolutnary disadvantage for animals that fail to pass along their tras through reproductn wh the oppose sex, the validy of this part of his theory has been qutned wh the disveri of homosexual behavr more than 10% of prevailg speci throughout the world. ” In addn, male giraff have also been observed engagg homosexual behavr by bbg their necks agast each others’ bodi while ignorg the femal.

GAY ANIMALS

Th, not only do animals exhib homosexualy, but the existence of this behavr is que prevalent and may also nfer certa evolutnary advantag. “Can Animals Be Gay?, ” a lengthy discsn of the topic by Jon Mooallem, the New York Tim Magaze, March 31, 2010.

However, blogists have documented homosexual behavr more than 450 speci, argug that same-sex behavr is not an unnatural choice, and may fact play a val role wh populatns.

HOW COMMON ARE GAY ANIMALS?

The 2019 study is the latt a hunt for “gay gen” that began 1993, when Dean Hamer lked male homosexualy to a sectn of the X chromosome.

As the ease and affordabily of genome sequencg creased, addnal gene ndidat have emerged wh potential lks to homosexual behavr.

ARE ANY ANIMALS GAY? THE TTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY THE ANIMAL KGDOM

So-lled genome-wi associatn studi intified a gene lled SLITRK6, which is active a bra regn lled the diencephalon that differs size between people who are homosexual or heterosexual. Gay uncl and nts, for example, are “helpers the nt” that help raise other fay members’ children to nurture the fay tree. ” For example, certa gen women help crease their fertily, but if the gen are exprsed a male, they predispose him toward homosexualy.