Here's a quote:
Several limitations of the current study should be noted. First, we were unable to calculate empirically derived significance levels for this project because none of the simulation programs that currently exist allow for the use of sex-specific maps with ASP data. Future development of simulation programs that allow for the incorporation of this important information will prevent this limitation in the future. Second, our marker set had an average resolution of 10 cM, which may have led to underestimated mlod scores. We discuss in detail above the likely negative effects that this had on our X chromosome results. Optimally, genome scans are followed up with dense markers placed in promising regions, but because of financial limitations, we were unable to do this. Future studies will undoubtedly employ more sophisticated and dense marker sets. Third, we analyzed only 146 independent families, which is a small sample for a complex trait such as sexual orientation. Approximately half of these families have previously been included in reports on the X chromosome (Hamer et al. 1993; Hu et al. 1995). Future research should be conducted on a new and larger sample of participants. Our linkage results should be interpreted with consideration of the fact that we only included families with two self-identified gay brothers. Our results may not extrapolate to individuals who do not meet our exclusion criteria, such as individuals who engage in same-sex behavior but do not identify as gay or individuals who identify as bisexual.
The authors go on anyone to discuss their ideas on how individual genes might play a role.
Overall rather a joke of a paper.
PC moving in to science.
Homosexual Agenda Ping.
Wowieee! Big news - oops, not. No "gay" gene after all, once you read past the headline.
Surprise, surprise - I bet you all thought this was it.
Let me and DirtyHarryY2K know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.
Note: Another example of Clutching At Straws, or you could say Trying To Grab Smoke.
What are the SPECIFIC GENE NUMBERS they are refering to?