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06/03/2005

Gene shift changes fly from fruit to fruity

by Jeremy Hooper

A new study of fruit flies shows that altering just one single gene will affect the sexual behavior of the winged creatures, causing a previously heterosexual fly to go gay. The findings would seem to indicate that homosexuality is genetic, although at this time it is not clear how the findings relate to human beings.

Never one to take chances when it comes to invalidating his "Gay's a choice, gays can change" argument, we hear that Dr. Dobson has now equipped his minions with a new "pro-family" weapon:

Handy, though personally we couldn't hurt a fly.

For Fruit Flies, Gene Shift Tilts Sex Orientation [International Herald Tribune via NY Times]

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