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To: Pharmboy
You're making a common mistake in assuming that if something is genetic it must be passed on through the generations. While most often that IS the case, not always. A few examples: after fertilization, a gene in the embryo mutates.

I did not know that mutations can be so frequent and so regular (as to keep on recreating 2% minority with very well defined characteristics). Amazing!

How would you explain the higher frequency of this mutation in prisons or in upper classes of ancient Rome and Greece?

192 posted on 11/25/2005 7:36:56 PM PST by A. Pole (Marcus Lucanus: "Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves.")
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To: A. Pole

I was not implying at all that homosexuality is due to repeated mutations. If you read on in my post I explain that it is likely a particular combination of genes. Sorry if I was not more clear about that, but please re-read.


195 posted on 11/26/2005 4:56:08 AM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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