Response to Comment on "Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior"

Hamer argue that the variable "ever versus never had a same-sex partner" does not capture the complexity of human sexuality. We agree and said so in our paper. But Hamer neglect to mention that we also reported follow-up analyses showing substantial overlap of the genetic influences on our...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2021-03, Vol.371 (6536)
Hauptverfasser: Ganna, Andrea, Verweij, Karin J H, Nivard, Michel G, Maier, Robert, Wedow, Robbee, Busch, Alexander S, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Guo, Shengru, Sathirapongsasuti, J Fah, Lichtenstein, Paul, Lundström, Sebastian, Långström, Niklas, Auton, Adam, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Beecham, Gary W, Martin, Eden R, Sanders, Alan R, Perry, John R B, Neale, Benjamin M, Zietsch, Brendan P
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Zusammenfassung:Hamer argue that the variable "ever versus never had a same-sex partner" does not capture the complexity of human sexuality. We agree and said so in our paper. But Hamer neglect to mention that we also reported follow-up analyses showing substantial overlap of the genetic influences on our main variable and on more nuanced measures of sexual behavior, attraction, and identity.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.aba5693