8% of Sheep are Gay?is it the Same with Us?
2004-03-16
Researchers are studying gay sheep to try to figure out if homosexuality has a biological origin. They’ve discovered that certain groups of cells are different in a part of the sheep’s brain that controls sexual behavior. Charles E. Roselli says, “This particular study, along with others, strongly suggests that sexual preference is biologically determined in animals, and possibly in humans.
“The hope is that the study of these brain differences will provide clues to the processes involved in the development and regulation of heterosexual, as well as homosexual, behavior,” Roselli says. “Same-sex attraction is widespread across many different species.”
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