Homosexuality is not predetermined by genes New work of scientists from the University of Queensland has established that certain genetic patterns do exist in gays, but they are not unique only for people with homosexual behavior. In fact, heterosexual people with excessive sexual activity also have similar genetic patterns. Nature writes about the findings of the study. (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02312-0) To come to this conclusion, scientists analyzed the genomes of 477 thousand people who had at least one sexual experience with a representative of the same gender, and then compared the data with genomes of 358 thousand people with heterosexual behavior. In addition, they modeled evolution over 60 generations to trace characteristic patterns. It turned out that many of the genetic variants associated with homosexual behavior would disappear over time if they did not help people survive and reproduce. Further observations showed that the discovered genetic patterns provided an evolutionary advantage by increasing the number of sexual partners in humans. Scientists have found that people with homosexual behavior share common genetic biomarkers with people with dissolute heterosexual behavior who described themselves as "risky". The latter had more sexual contacts with members of the opposite sex and more children. From an evolutionary perspective, it becomes clear why the persistence of these genetic patterns was maintained, the scientists concluded. Earlier in another major study published in Science, https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6456/eaat7693, scientists also denied the existence of the "homosexual gene." They found no genetic pattern that could be used to identify a person's sexual orientation.