Synopses & Reviews
Genetic, hormonal, neurological, and other biological factors need to be taken into account to fully understand sexual orientation. This work represents the latest research and theory on causes of variation in sexual orientation. It looks at sexual orientation as a cross-species phenomenon with numerous determining factors.
This work is a collection of chapters by some of the leading researchers in the scientific study of sexual orientation. The theory that many genetic, hormonal, neurological, and other biological factors need to be taken into account to fully understand sexual orientation is espoused in this book. It presents much of the latest research on the causes of variation in sexual orientation and related phenomena. It views sexual orientation as a cross-species phenomenon with both biological and environmental determinants.
Review
Masterfully edited by Ellis and Ebertz, this volme brings together 11 of the 60 presentations made at the "First International Behavioral Development Symposium: Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation and Sex-Typical Behavior"....An objective reading of Sexual Orientation: Toward Biological Understanding suggests even to the most skeptical reader the power of biology in influencing sexual orientation....Ellis and Ebertz...are to be congratulated for keeping true to their promise, given in the preface, of making the book readable to nonspecialists. Anyone interested on the current state of research into the biological origins of sexual orientation can do not better than to read this book.Book Reviews
Review
There is a very complete list of references at the end of the book and a useful author and subject index.The Journal of Endocrine Genetics
Synopsis
An exploration of what is currently known about genetic, hormonal, and neurological causes of variations in sexual orientation in both humans and other species.
Synopsis
An exploration of what is currently known about genetic, hormonal, and neurological causes of variations in sexual orientation in both humans and other species.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-247) and indexes.
About the Author
LEE ELLIS is Professor, Department of Sociology at Minot State University.LINDA EBERTZ helped organize the 1995 International Behavioral Development Symposium (along with Lee Ellis).
Table of Contents
Foreword by Brian A. Gladue
Preface
Genetic and Perinatal Influences on Sexual Orientation
Neuroendocrine Foundations of Diverse Sexual Phenotypes in Fish by Matthew S. Grober
Experimental Alterations of Prenatal Determinants of Sexual Orientation and Sex-Typical Behavior in Non-Human Mammals by Craig H. Kinsley, Kelly Gurley Lambert, and Hendree Jones
The Role of Prenatal Estrogens in Sexual Orientation by Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg
Sexual Behavior and Sexual Orientation in Females with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by Ralf W. Dittmann
Perinatal Influences on Behavior and Health, with Special Emphasis on Sexual Orientation and Other Sex-Linked Behavior by Lee Ellis
Neurological and Physiological Aspects of Sexual Orientation
Sexual Differentiation of the Brain and Partner Preference in the Male Rat: Behavioral, Neuroanotomical and Neuroimmunocytochemical Studies by Julie Bakker and A. Koos Slob
Sexual Orientation in the Domestic Ram: Some Biological and Social Correlates by Anne Perkins and James A. Fitzgerald
Sexual Differentiation of the Human Hypothalamus: Differences According to Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Transsexuality by D. F. Swaab, J. N. Zhou, M. Fodor, and M. A. Hofman
Sexual Orientation and Handedness: A Reanalysis of Recent Data and Research Considerations for Future Inquiry by David W. Holtzen
Transsexuality and Adextrality: Do They Share a Common Origin? by Anna Herman-Jegliska, Stanislaw Dulko, and Anna Grabowska
Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Cognition by Diane F. Halpren and Marciana Crothers
References
Name Index
Subject Index