Sex in the nose, not in the brain


	Sex in the nose, not in the brain

Togo

8-5-2007 4:41 PM

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science, research, animals

Togo says:

This research demonstrates how a simple genetic mutation can cause massive changes in sexual behaviour, totally discounting the accepted view that the "hard-wiring" of the brain is mainly responsible for the differences between male and female.

Can one conclude that the brain in a species is essentially built the same, with no difference between left and right hemisphere between genders as originally thought?

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