Dean Hamer

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Dean Hamer, Ph. D., is Chief of the Section on Gene Structure and Regulation in the Department of Biochemistry at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Books by Dean Hamer

Science of Desire

The Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior

By Dean Hamer

In July 1993, a scientific event made front-page news: the discovery that genetics plays a significant role in determining homosexuality. In The Science of Desire, Dean Hamer—the scientist behind the groundbreaking study—tells the inside story of how the discovery was made and what it means, not ...

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