The homosexuality gene is passed on to sons from mothers
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Italian scientists have found out why gays can not degenerate in the course of evolution. The so-called gene for homosexuality is transmitted through the female line.
Homophobes very often say that gays are in a "dead-end branch" of evolution. They can not have children, therefore, they are threatened with degeneration. Even if we admit the fact that gays are not able to produce offspring (although this is not true), they are not threatened with degeneration. After all, the gene for homosexuality is passed on to sons not from fathers, but from mothers.
Probably 99.99% of all gays were born in heterosexual families, which convincingly proves the inconsistency of the statement about the "dead-end branch". And now this is again confirmed by scientists from the University of Padova in Italy. They saw that in homosexual men, as a rule, female relatives (mothers, sisters, aunts, etc.) give birth to significantly more children than male relatives of heterosexual men.
According to Italian scholars, the gene of homosexuality is not simply transmitted through the mother, it also leads to a higher reproduction in close relatives of gays. Consequently, homosexuality is not transmitted from gay to gay at all, but passes through different generations of the family through women.
Actually, official science does not yet know exactly which gene causes the change in sexual desire. But there is a theory that he lives in the X-chromosome, which all men have one piece, and two women. The scientists also noted that gynecological disorders and complications during pregnancy are less common in gay relatives who have high reproductive performance.