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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. "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?

WATCH: WHAT DO SCIENCE ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S A GAY GENE?

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?

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

"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.

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

"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?

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WATCH: What Do Science Actually Say About Whether There's a Gay Gene? : ScienceAlert .

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