Can Genes Influence Romance?

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First Posted: 01/14/11 03:18 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:23 PM ET

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Psych Central:

A new laboratory study on fruit flies may lead to a new way of looking at social behavior.

Texas A&M scientists believe the discovery that certain genes become activated in fruit flies when they interact with the opposite sex can change the way human dating and courtships are viewed.

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A new laboratory study on fruit flies may lead to a new way of looking at social behavior. Texas A&M scientists believe the discovery that certain genes become activated in fruit flies when they in...
A new laboratory study on fruit flies may lead to a new way of looking at social behavior. Texas A&M scientists believe the discovery that certain genes become activated in fruit flies when they in...
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grm1984
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09:37 PM on 01/14/2011
This just sounds like an excuse women made up to explain why their husbands don't love them anymore. "He just doesn't have the romance gene," they say. In actuality, he's lost interest.
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