Science of Desire The Gay Gene and the

In July 1993, a scientific event made front-page news: the discovery that genetics plays a significant role in determining homosexuality. In The Science of Desire, Dean Hamer--the scientist behind the groundbreaking study--tells the inside story of how the discovery was made and what it means, not only for our understanding of sexuality, but for human behavior in general.

Dean Hamer, Ph.D., is Chief of the Section on Gene Structure and Regulation in the Department of Biochemistry at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Peter Copeland is a reporter who has covered the Pentagon and foreign affairs for Scripps News Service since 1989. He is the author of She Went to War.

Preface	p. 13
The Search for a "Gay Gene"	p. 17
The Study and the Team	p. 39
Who's Gay?	p. 52
Building Family Trees	p. 74
A Mother's Legacy	p. 91
Looking for Linkage	p. 105
The Harvard Crucible	p. 123
Going Public	p. 134
Biological Mechanisms: Genes, Hormones, and the Brain	p. 149
Psychological Mechanisms: Sissies, Freud, and Sex Acts	p. 164
Evolution	p. 180
Beyond Sex	p. 187
Beyond the Lab: Implications of a "Gay Gene"	p. 207
A Linkage Between DNA Markers on the X Chromosome and Male Sexual Orientation	p. 223
Interview Questionnaire	p. 234
Notes	p. 244
Sources and Further Reading	p. 250
Index	p. 259
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