Geneticists Have Been Able to Successfully Identify

question 40

Multiple Choice

Geneticists have been able to successfully identify:

• A) a "gay" and a "straight" gene.
• B) clusters of "gay" and "straight genes," but not the interactions of those genes.
• C) the "gay" gene but not the "straight" gene.
• D) The "straight" gene but not the "gay gene."
• E) no gene or cluster of genes that determines sexuality.

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