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IS THERE REALLY A GAY GENE—AND CAN YOU GET RID OF IT?THE ASAPSCIENCE BOYIENDS GEEK OUT OVER GEIC {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 5, 2017/12:23 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 5, 2017 / 12:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS THERE REALLY A GAY GENE—AND CAN YOU GET RID OF IT?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-05T16:23:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-05T16:23:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BABY, WERE YOU BORN THIS WAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASAPSCIENCE DUO MCHELL MOFF AND GREGORY BROWN EXPLORE THE GEICS OF BEG GAY THEIR LATT MYTH-BTG YOUTUBE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ULTIMATELY, A SPECIFIC GAY GENE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND, BUT SCIENTIFIC EVINCE DO SUGGT THAT HUMAN SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS STRONGLY LKED TO GEICS AND TIGHTLY REGULATED AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL," THE GUYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE UNPACKG THEIR MANY FDGS, YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT GAY MEN HAVE MORE GAY RELATIV THAN STRAIGHT MEN DO. GAY PEOPLE ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO HAVE GAY SIBLGS WHO SHARE SIAR LKAG ON THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT GAY PEOPLE DON’T REPRODUCE AS MUCH AS STRAIGHT PEOPLE, SO SHOULDN'T THEY DIE OUT? A NTROVERSIAL UCLA STUDY G TWS PROPOSED THAT EVERYONE HAS THE "GAY GENE," EVEN IF 'S NOT TRIGGERED. AND ACRDG TO THE GAY UNCLE HYPOTHIS, "GAY MEMBERS OF A FAY THAT DON’T REPRODUCE STILL CREASE THE PREVALENCE OF THEIR FAY’S GEN FUTURE GENERATNS BY HELPG TO PROVI ROURC FOR OFFSPRG THAT THEY’RE RELATED TO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PUTTG GEIC MANIPULATN TO MORE OF A SOCIAL NTEXT, MOFF AND BROWN ALSO MA A PANN VIO WHICH THEY ADDRS THE LGBT MUNY'S FEARS ABOUT THIS TYPE OF REARCH, POTG OUT THAT THE NAZIS TRIED TO UNRSTAND THE BLOGY BEHD HOMOSEXUALY ORR TO ELIMATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COULD GEIC REARCH BE ED AGAST GAY PEOPLE THE FUTURE? IN THEORY, ABSOLUTELY. "THERE MAY NOT BE A GAY GENE, BUT OM A BLOGIL PERSPECTIVE, Y, BEG GAY IS LIKELY HIGHLY NTROLLED BY GEICS," BROWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOFF, HOWEVER, BELIEV THAT THE MUNY WILL BENEF OM REARCH THAT PROV BEG GAY IS NOT A CHOICE. "THE MORE WE N UNRSTAND THE GEIC BACKGROUND OF HOMOSEXUALY, THE MORE WE N MIGATE THE TYP OF PUNISHMENTS THAT GAY PEOPLE ARE RECEIVG AROUND THE WORLD," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOFF AND BROWN ME OUT TO THEIR FOLLOWERS AS GAY AND A UPLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEEK OUT OVER GAY GEICS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

AsapSCIENCE duo Mchell Moff and Gregory Brown explore the geics of beg gay their latt myth-btg YouTube vio.

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"Ultimately, a specific gay gene has not been found, but scientific evince do suggt that human sexual orientatn is strongly lked to geics and tightly regulated at the molecular level, " the guys unpackg their many fdgs, you may be surprised to learn that gay men have more gay relativ than straight men do. Gay people are also more likely to have gay siblgs who share siar lkag on their gay people don’t reproduce as much as straight people, so shouldn't they die out?

A ntroversial UCLA study g tws proposed that everyone has the "gay gene, " even if 's not triggered. And acrdg to the Gay Uncle Hypothis, "gay members of a fay that don’t reproduce still crease the prevalence of their fay’s gen future generatns by helpg to provi rourc for offsprg that they’re related to.

"Puttg geic manipulatn to more of a social ntext, Moff and Brown also ma a pann vio which they addrs the LGBT muny's fears about this type of rearch, potg out that the Nazis tried to unrstand the blogy behd homosexualy orr to elimate geic rearch be ed agast gay people the future? "There may not be a gay gene, but om a blogil perspective, y, beg gay is likely highly ntrolled by geics, " Brown, however, believ that the muny will benef om rearch that prov beg gay is not a choice.

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"The more we n unrstand the geic background of homosexualy, the more we n migate the typ of punishments that gay people are receivg around the world, " he out over gay geics below. It's thought that between 2 and 6 percent of people intify as same sex attracted – but the jury is still firmly out on the science on why and how beg gay geic, and if so, is there a gay gene?

Well, as the boys om AsapSCIENCE expla, havg a specific gay gene that n be passed on don't make a lot of sense nsirg how few same sex upl have kids. Width="700″ height="414″ style="lor: #000000; font-fay: 'Helveti Ne', Helveti, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen">However, that beg said, two studi the 1990s found that gay men do have a higher number of homosexual relativ pared to heterosexual led the rearchers to thk that beg gay had somethg to do wh a lkage on their X the vio explas, this has also been found newer studi – specifilly a part of the X chromosome lled wh 80 percent ls children then straight upl, purely geic herance of same sex attractn n be somethg of a 's obvly more plited than that – and that means that epigeics gets volved. Well, I'll let the AsapSCIENCE boys expla the rt the vio above, but there are que a few tertg hypoth about how beg gay fs to the world.

] about Are Gay Men More Mascule Than Straight Men? ] about ASAPScience Explas the Science of Cheatg: VIDEOGreg and Mch, the gay uple behd ASAPScience, whose vios we often feature here on Towleroad, have lnched a new seri lled "The Lab" where … [Read more... They’re also gay and a long-term relatnship, which they often talk about their podst Sinote and on their send channel Greg and and Greg simultaneoly make vios and podst episos about science and LGBTQ+ issu.

THE GUYS BEHD THE ASAPSCIENCE CHANNEL ADDRS THEIR ANTI-GAY HATERS

Somethg else: Moff and Brown are openly gay and me out 2014 to share about their stggl wh Inter homophob... Somethg else: Moff and Brown are openly gay and me out 2014 to share about their stggl wh Inter homophob and haters. Moff is openly Gay and has been a long-term relatnship wh Gregory Brown.

Fun fact: Greg and Mch, the two people rponsible for creatg AsapSCIENCE, are both openly gay (and a uple, which is adorable).

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