I know this will shock you, but there are three individuals with the last name Obvious in that family!
Posted on 05/29/2006 11:53:37 AM PDT by anymouse
Your sexual desire or lack thereof could be in your genes, scientists announced today. The discovery might change how psychologists view sexuality.
The researchers found that individual differences in human sexual desire can be attributed to genetic variations. The study is the first to provide data to show that common variations in the sequence of DNA impact on sexual desire, arousal and function, the researchers said.
The scientists, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examined the DNA of 148 healthy male and female university students and compared the results with questionnaires asking for the students' self-descriptions of their sexual desire, arousal and sexual function. They found a correlation between variants in a gene called the D4 receptor and the students' self-reports on sexuality.
The results suggest that low sexual desire might be a normal biological condition rather than a psychological problem, the researchers say. Further, it might be possible to develop drugs to alter sexual desire based on the new findings.
The research was led by Richard Ebstein and was published in the online version of the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
Don't hurt your sacroiliac....
My what..?
Please don't give them ideas. ;)
Yeah, there are a lot of innovative ideas on this thread...
Ah... much better than coffee for a wake-up surprise.
We are here to serve! ;)
And here I thought it was all a big starch issue.
My dream is to get a government grant to prove ice cream tastes good.
And all in the family business!
I know this will shock you, but there are three individuals with the last name Obvious in that family!
And all in the family business!
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