Showing posts with label genetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genetics. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Gay Gene Discovered in Fruit Flies


Link Puns aside, scientists have discovered a gene that, if switched off, makes fruit flies interested in both males and females. Hey, if you only had a 24-hour lifespan, wouldn't you go for whatever you could get?

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Genetic Tinkering Turns Worms Into Lesbians


Link With AIDS, cancer and a host of other medical issues ravaging the world, isn't it nice to know somebody's still funding studies into "what makes homos?" The Nature vs Nurture debate continues. Oy vey.