ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

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15.15. Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior

A Ganna , KJH Verweij , MG Nivard , R Maier , R Wedow , AS Busch , A Abdellaoui , S Guo , JF Sathirapongsasuti , 23andMe Research Team , P Lichtenstein , S Lundstrom , N Langstrom , A Auton , KM Harris , GW Beecham , ER Martin , AR Sanders , JRB Perry , BM Neale , BP Zietsch

To read the full abstract: Science 2019;365:eaat7693.These authors performed a genome-wide association study on 493 001 participants of European-ancestry from the USA, UK, and Sweden to identify genes associated with sexual orientation. They found multiple loci implicated in same-sex sexual behavior indicating that, like other behavioral traits, non-heterosexual behavior is polygenic.As many as 4% to 10% of US individuals ...
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