[muawiyah]

What they're saying is that during mieosis epigenetic methylation isn't 'erased' completely, and that carrying over old signals from an ancestor (mother/father) can interfere with normal processing of sex related gene function.

That is, it's not part of your genes ~ rather it's just part of an epigenetic signal.

Which means it can probably be fixed someday.

The study of epigenetics is NEW so it's possible to look up and read about all of it on the internet.

[abigailsmybaby]

Thank you! That’s what I thought they were saying. Just needed a little confirmation. I really do appreciate you responding.

[Viennacon]

After reading it (and I’m no geneticist), it seems as if the conclusion is that homosexuality is not due to a gene, but due to something else carried over from the parent of the same gender with messes up the fetus. Does this mean a future cure would not require advanced gene therapy, and might even be medicinal?

[newheart]

What they're saying is that during mieosis epigenetic methylation isn't 'erased' completely, and that carrying over old signals from an ancestor (mother/father) can interfere with normal processing of sex related gene function.

That is, it's not part of your genes ~ rather it's just part of an epigenetic signal.

That would seem to provide some support for the "born this way" crowd. Not genetically born that way, but due to the effect of epigenetic signals on the developing fetus. So that raises a lot of questions such as: what caused the epigenetic signal in the first place; how many generations does it go back; can there be screening for the signal the way there is screening for genetic markers.

There might also be the question of whether the epigenetic signals are caused by environmental toxins, or maybe even behaviorally induced by the ancestor.

Interesting study. I certainly don't have the expertise to understand it, but it is certainly worth examining.