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Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by Teever on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:13PM (#36973757)
Yeah in a world where dogs can smell cancer and people with relatively mild brain injury can wake up permanently speaking in a different accent I think it's entirely possible that a radical change in microbiome due to freak accident or experimental treatment has resulted in a change in sexual preferences.
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Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by hammock on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:17PM (#36973824)
Interesting because people also used to say sexual preference was genetic
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Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by karaterobot on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:40PM (#36974178)
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Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by valvar on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:28PM (#36973992)
It certainly has a heritable component. When people say "the way you're born", do they mean something non-genetic? What would that be?
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Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:24PM (#36974832)
There are lots of pre-natal environmental influences on “the way you’re born”, its not just genetics.
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Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by clipsy on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:20PM (#36973862)
> people

Who?

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Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by svnt on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:13PM (#36974669)
Not strictly genetic, certainly, but in at least one configuration there is a clear effect that is perhaps genetic in the mother:

> Biochemical evidence for this hypothesis was identified in 2017, finding mothers with a gay son, particularly those with older brothers, had heightened levels of antibodies to the NLGN4Y Y-protein than mothers with heterosexual sons.[1][2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_birth_order_and_ma...

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