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    28 Nov '22 04:38
    I read an article about chimerism and wondered if there was a connection between homosexuality and dual sex chimeras. I found this link when I did a search. It seems plausible to me. Why have I never heard of this before?

    https://brianhanley.medium.com/many-transgender-and-gay-people-are-dual-sex-chimeras-e042c2a0e8dd

    If I am right then some species must be more prone to chimerism which would explain why they have a higher percentage of homosexuality than other species. Has anybody found a correlation?
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    12 Dec '22 04:41
    This may be a starting point for your research on chimeras:

    https://www.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/how-common-are-chimeras

    Regarding any connection with homosexuality, you're drawing a very long bow. Natural chimerism is very rare in humans. As far as I know no-one's ever changed their sexual preference after a bone marrow transplant.
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    @kewpie said
    This may be a starting point for your research on chimeras:

    https://www.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/how-common-are-chimeras

    Regarding any connection with homosexuality, you're drawing a very long bow. Natural chimerism is very rare in humans. As far as I know no-one's ever changed their sexual preference after a bone marrow transplant.
    I didn't claim it was the only cause. I always knew there was an epigenetic factor as well. Why else would an identical twin have a different sexual preference?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics

    Also, what happens when a chimera has offspring? Which DNA is passed to the offspring from a dual gender chimera? Both?

    I am talking about fusion chimeras. Microchimerism is not the same. I posted a thread about another form of microchimerism a long time ago. From sperm.

    https://www.redhotpawn.com/forum/science/my-sperm-is-a-part-of-my-mates.194230

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