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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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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