Go Back Research Article March, 2021

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

Author Stephanie A. Sanders Author Dean Hamer Author Brian Mustanski Author Justin R. Garcia

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.

Keywords

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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Volume 372
Issue 6536
Pages 1–4
DOI 10.1126/science.aba2941
ISSN 1095-9203
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