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# so its life choice then
ok
(katesbush, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 17:13, archived)
# i thought it was genetic
whoa i just realised we're talking about homosexuality like it was a disease. that's not how i meant that to sound...
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 17:14, archived)
# mmm me too
but then there is the gene skip theory thang
(katesbush, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 17:15, archived)
# I have absolutely no idea
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 17:15, archived)
# I've never believed that behaviours could be attributed to genes.
Only tendencies. And you could have a positive selection pressure for tendencies as they would come in handy for other reasons.

So, yes, there could be a range of gay alleles (not exactly genes) that are preserved in a population despite the obvious problem of passing on a tendency not to breed.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 17:28, archived)
# Is downs syndrome a life choice?
(I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 17:38, archived)
# eh?
(katesbush, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 17:41, archived)
# Surely they should be extinct if it isn't
there aren't a huge number of kids with downs parents.
(I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 18:01, archived)
# Down's syndrome isn't passed on genetically, as far as I understand.
It's a genetic mutation, where the parents possibly normal genes aren't passed on properly.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Thu 7 Feb 2008, 18:03, archived)