The Biology of Homosexuality.
In this fascinating book, Jacques Balthazart presents a simple description of the biological mechanisms that are involved in the determination of sexual orientation in animals and also presumably in humans. Using scientific studies published over the last few decades, he argues that sexual orientati...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this fascinating book, Jacques Balthazart presents a simple description of the biological mechanisms that are involved in the determination of sexual orientation in animals and also presumably in humans. Using scientific studies published over the last few decades, he argues that sexual orientation, both homosexual and heterosexual, is under the control of embryonic endocrine and genetic phenomena in which there is little room for individual choice. The author begins with animal studies of the hormonal and neural mechanisms that control the so-called instinctive behaviors and analyzes how t. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (201 pages) |
| Bibliography: | ReferencesIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X. |
| ISBN: | 9780199838837 0199838836 |