doi:10.1126/science.aba2941

Paper Title

Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior”: Comment

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GWAS
Same-Sex Sexual Behavior
Genetic Architecture
Human Sexuality
Phenotypic Measures
Sexual Orientation
Bisexuality
Homosexuality
Heterosexuality
Sexual Behavior Spectrum
Validated Measures
Sexual Identity
Sexual Attraction
Personality Traits
Sexual Behavior Complexity

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Research Article

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Science

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DOI

10.1126/science.aba2941

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Volume : 372 | Issue : 6536 | Page No : 1–4

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March, 2021

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Abstract

Comments on an article by A. Ganna et al. (see record 2020-15906-001). The phenotypic measures used by Ganna et al. lump together predominantly heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual individuals, including those who have experimented with a same-sex partner only once. This may have resulted in misleading associations to personality traits unrelated to understood categories of human sexuality. Scientific studies of human sexuality should use validated and reliable measures of sexual behaviors, attractions, and identities that capture the full spectrum of complexity.