The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior - Couverture rigide

Hamer, Dean H.; Copeland, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0671887246 ISBN 13 : 9780671887247

Editeur : Simon and Schuster, 1997

Synopsis

Dean Hamer and his team of researchers at the National Cancer Institute made a remarkable discovery: in families with two gay brothers, 33 out of 40 pairs shared a distinctive pattern in one region of the X chromosone, a far higher number than chance alone would predict. DNA and family studies confirmed a much higher than average rate of homosexuality among male relatives on the mother's side of the family. The discovery of the gene marker - popularly, though inaccurately called the "gay gene" - launched a furious international debate about profound scientific, social and ethical issues. Would it be possible to test prenatally for it? And would parents abort a foetus with the gene? The author tackles these and other important questions with a mixture of scientific objectivity, scepticism and compassion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon and Schuster
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0671887246
• ISBN 13: 9780671887247
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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