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X and Y conflict (II part) Ingrida Olendraitė Molecular biologist University of Vilnius

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X and Y conflict(II part)

Ingrida OlendraitėMolecular biologist University of Vilnius

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Outline

SeductionGenes influence on sexual orientation Freudian ideaBrainConclusionsResources

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Seduction

Peacock’s tail

Wolf spiders

Communication

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Genes influence on sexual orientation

Dean Hamer announcement (1993)

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twins gays

the brother is also gay

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“Xq28 – Thanks for the genes mom”

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Freaudian idea

Sexual orientation correlates with birth order

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Brain

Missed hormone

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Conclusions

I’m fundamentally mixed, male with female, parent with offspring, warring segments of

chromosomes that interlocked in strife millions of years before the River Severn ever saw the

Celts and Saxons of Housman’s poem.(A Shropshire Lad)

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Resources

Matt Ridley “Genome”Bonthuis, P.J., et al., X-chromosome dosage

affects male sexual behaviour. Horm. Behav. (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.003

americansfortruth.comwww.elsevier.com/locate/yhbehwww.hub.servise.com www.sciencedaily.com