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NO, CHE SCIENTISTS DID NOT MAKE GAY MICE

Here's how Amerins have tracked over recent s rponse to "In your view, is beg gay or lbian somethg a person is born wh, or due to factors such as upbrgg and environment? In the late 1990s, nversatn around a "gay gene" was very ntroversial.

Among the endangered mice, homosexualy was observed and, at the same time, nnibalism creased, spe the fact that there was plenty of food. "Gay" seems like the wrong word here.

HAS THE “GAY GENE” BEEN FOUND FEMALE MICE?

" If the mice were gay, they wouldn't have ntued to try to have sex wh femal, right? It's also probably a mistake to speculate that there's a lk humans between seroton levels and homosexualy, as Gawker's Seth Abramovch do.

"Then you might be gay!

THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

"Really, 's a bad ia to e terms like "gay" and "straight" when talkg about mice at all.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY MICE STUDY

There is no ‘gay gene.’ There is no ‘straight gene.’ Sexualy is jt plex, study nfirms | PBS NewsHour.

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