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The science of desire : the search for the gay gene and the biology of behavior
- Title
- The science of desire : the search for the gay gene and the biology of behavior / Dean Hamer and Peter Copeland.
- Author
- Hamer, Dean H.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, [1994], ©1994.
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Text | Request in advance | HQ76.25 .H34 1994 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Copeland, Peter.
- Description
- 272 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-258) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Search for a "Gay Gene" -- 2. The Study and the Team -- 3. Who's Gay? -- 4. Building Family Trees -- 5. A Mother's Legacy -- 6. Looking for Linkage -- 7. The Harvard Crucible -- 8. Going Public -- 9. Biological Mechanisms: Genes, Hormones, and the Brain -- 10. Psychological Mechanisms: Sissies, Freud, and Sex Acts -- 11. Evolution -- 12. Beyond Sex -- 13. Beyond the Lab: Implications of a "Gay Gene" -- Appendix A: A Linkage Between DNA Markers on the X Chromosome and Male Sexual Orientation -- Appendix B: Interview Questionnaire.
- ISBN
- 0671887246
- LCCN
- 94022260
- OCLC
- 30737839
- ocm30737839
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries