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Obey
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Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice?
#14252707 - 04/07/11 11:44 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Researchers from China have discovered that male mice who are either bred without serotonin or whose bodies just aren’t receptive to serotonin have zero interest in mating with female mice.

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Known as the ‘happiness hormone,’ serotonin seems to function as a “mating call” for male mice. Those whose brains cannot process it, or those who don’t have the tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene (which produces serotonin), therefore don’t get the desire to mate, or at least not with females.
What’s interesting is that when such mice are placed among both male and female mice, they are indifferent to both types. However, when a serotonin deprived male is left alone with another male, he’ll proceed to “mount the male and emit a mating call.
This sudden preference for other males can be reverted, however, by injecting serotonin into the mouse’s brain.
Note that this study is very inconclusive, in that it cannot be used to explain human sexuality.
“Any potential links between serotonin and human sexual preferences must be considered somewhat tenuous,” Professor Keith Kendrick said.
The results do show, however, that neurotransmitters play some sort of role in regard to sexual preference—or at least with animals.
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2011/04/04/chinese-scientists-create-gay-mice/?utm_source=scribol&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol By V Saxena on 04-04-2011
Just posted this for shits and giggles
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: Obey]
#14252735 - 04/07/11 11:52 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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So if you leave the male mouse alone with a female mouse will it mount the female? I call for a control as well. Put one mouse alone and see what happens.
Nice signature, by the way.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: destructo_low]
#14254111 - 04/07/11 04:18 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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While I'm not really how positive these results will be, if this is true it'd be nice to tuck away the whole "Being gay is genetic" fiasco. However, I guess it's not just genetic -- perhaps some other link to a lack of serotonin
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: Obey]
#14254150 - 04/07/11 04:26 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Obey said: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice?
now why is that here?
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: theshroom]
#14254217 - 04/07/11 04:38 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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theshroom said: However, I guess it's not just genetic -- perhaps some other link to a lack of serotonin
This makes no sense.
Serotonin is composed of amino acids, which are regulated by genetics.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: The Whale]
#14254651 - 04/07/11 05:59 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The results do show, however, that neurotransmitters play some sort of role in regard to sexual preference—or at least with animals.
And we are...plants?
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: MidRange]
#14255638 - 04/07/11 09:01 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Good to see the human race spending time and money on important things like this.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: Gibson33]
#14255770 - 04/07/11 09:24 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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You've watched Idiocracy, right? We spend all of our money into things like hair growth, penis enlargement, ect...instead of tackling the real problems. It's all too true.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: cc2]
#14255795 - 04/07/11 09:28 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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cc2 said:
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Obey said: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice?
now why is that here?
Could this be the missing link between eating mushrooms then becoming gay? So you trip on mushrooms, then your brain does not receive serotonin as efficiently as before. So you become gay.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: FlusH]
#14256463 - 04/07/11 11:49 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The chinese government probably just wants to figure out how to make people gay so they can reduce their countries population.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: dustyn77]
#14257328 - 04/08/11 07:28 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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And this is a perfect example of why animal testing is cruel, disgusting and COMPLETELY unnecessary... Do they really have nothing better to do over there?...
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: dustyn77]
#14257337 - 04/08/11 07:34 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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dustyn77 said: The chinese government probably just wants to figure out how to make people gay so they can reduce their countries population.
   
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: Obey]
#14258563 - 04/08/11 01:24 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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dustyn77 said: The chinese government probably just wants to figure out how to make people gay so they can reduce their countries population.
    

...though America may not be far behind. A bunch of retarded bitches I knew in high school keep ending up pregnant and friend requesting me on Facebook.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: destructo_low]
#14262672 - 04/09/11 11:19 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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destructo_low said: You've watched Idiocracy, right? We spend all of our money into things like hair growth, penis enlargement, ect...instead of tackling the real problems. It's all too true.
Amen. The world is heading to Idiocracy quickly. I'm going to watch that movie again tonight =D
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: reikangaaru]
#14262749 - 04/09/11 11:45 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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reikangaaru said: And this is a perfect example of why animal testing is cruel, disgusting and COMPLETELY unnecessary... Do they really have nothing better to do over there?...
You're dumb. I kill mice all the time to feed my python. Would you rather they kill a dozen humans? Animal testing is a necessary evil, and if you have a problem with it I suggest you stop living off genetically modified & enriched foods, refuse treatment for diseases, let your teeth rot out, etc. Welcome to the future; ugly but effective.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: blujay]
#14262813 - 04/09/11 11:57 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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blujay said:
You're dumb. I kill mice all the time to feed my python. Would you rather they kill a dozen humans? Animal testing is a necessary evil, and if you have a problem with it I suggest you stop living off genetically modified & enriched foods, refuse treatment for diseases, let your teeth rot out, etc. Welcome to the future; ugly but effective.
Finally somebody with some sense.
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Re: Chinese Scientists Create Gay Mice? [Re: Obey]
#14332403 - 04/22/11 09:18 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Obey said:
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You're dumb. I kill mice all the time to feed my python. Would you rather they kill a dozen humans? Animal testing is a necessary evil, and if you have a problem with it I suggest you stop living off genetically modified & enriched foods, refuse treatment for diseases, let your teeth rot out, etc. Welcome to the future; ugly but effective.
Finally somebody with some sense.
Thank you for giving me a perfect example. So you kill mice to feed to your python--reality check... you don't NEED to own pythons, therefore, this too is unnecessary.
As a graduate with a Ph.D. in Biology I want to inform you that animal testing is NOT necessary. You are very naive if you think it is. There are so many other ways of testing. Do some research. Most of the technology we have today was never tested on animals. In fact, technology aims to REPLACE animal testing and will eventually be nonexistent because it is so unreliable.
I also want to note that I am vegetarian as well and do not eat any genetically modified flesh.
Also you do not need to refuse treatment for diseases or let your teeth rot out--this has nothing to do with animal testing. Please do research because you seem to be very confused. I understand you're probably still very young considering your irrelevant comparisons, but welcome to the future kid. You're thinking is outdated, it's time to educate yourself!
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