Potential for homosexual response is prevalent and genetic

Pekka Santtila, Kenneth Sandnabba, N Harlaar, M Varjonen, Katarina Alanko, von der Pahlen B

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Abstract

We investigated the potential to engage in homosexual behavior in 6001 female and 3152 male twins and their siblings finding that 32.8% of the men and 65.4% of the women reported such potential (p<0.001). 91.5% of these men and 98.3% of these women reported no overt homosexual behavior during the preceding 12 months. The potential to engage in homosexual behavior was influenced by genetic effects for both men (37.4%) and women (46.4%) and these overlapped only partly with those for overt homosexual behavior.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)102–105
JournalBiological Psychology
Volume77
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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