TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Potential for homosexual response is prevalent and genetic JO - Biological psychology A1 - Santtila, Pekka A1 - Sandnabba, N. Kenneth A1 - Harlaar, Nicole A1 - Varjonen, Markus A1 - Alanko, Katarina A1 - Von der Pahlen, Bettina SP - 102 EP - 105 VL - 77 IS - 1 N2 - We investigated the potential to engage in homosexual behavior in 6001 female and 3152 male twins and their siblings finding that 32.8% of the men and 65.4% of the women reported such potential (p<0.001). 91.5% of these men and 98.3% of these women reported no overt homosexual behavior during the preceding 12 months. The potential to engage in homosexual behavior was influenced by genetic effects for both men (37.4%) and women (46.4%) and these overlapped only partly with those for overt homosexual behavior.

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LA - en SN - 0301-0511 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.08.006 ID - ref1 ER -