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- Title
Understanding Homosexuality: Moving on from Patterns to Mechanisms.
- Authors
Gavrilets, Sergey; Friberg, Urban; Rice, William R.
- Abstract
The article presents a commentary to the article ''Fraternal Birth Order, Family Size, and Male Homosexuality.'' The author analyzes the meta-analysis of the fraternal birth order effect (FBOE) on sexual orientation and states that FBOE is inconsistent, cannot be a general explanation of homosexuality and cannot explain female homosexuality. Additional topics discussed include sex hormones responsible for homosexuality, genetic mechanisms of homosexuality, and effects of sexual conflict.
- Subjects
BIRTH order; HOMOSEXUALITY genetics; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of sex hormones; MALE homosexuality; LESBIANISM; SEXUAL orientation; SEXUAL psychology; GENETIC sex determination
- Publication
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2018, Vol 47, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0004-0002
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10508-017-1092-4