Possible Monogamy Gene Found In People

Calopteryx sends in a New Scientist summary of research from Sweden pointing toward the existence of a gene that influences monogamy in men. (The article doesn't mention women, and the study subjects were all men at least 5 years into a heterosexual relationship.) "There has been speculation about the role of the hormone vasopressin in humans ever since we discovered that variations in where receptors for the hormone are expressed makes prairie voles strictly monogamous but meadow voles promiscuous; vasopressin is related to the 'cuddle chemical' oxytocin. Now it seems variations in a section of the gene coding for a vasopressin receptor in people help to determine whether men are serial commitment-phobes or devoted husbands."

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[Profane MuthaFucka]

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Re:Hhhmm,

[Thiez]

Only on slashdot would that comment be modded both informative and insightful.

Re:Hhhmm,

[Missing_dc]

"Monogamy is pretty rare in the general population."

I'd have to agree with that, at 32, I have been with 147 women, most of them in semi-long term polyamorous relationships,(often with my partners hooking up on the side). Not a single one of them was a virgin before me.

It seems that for the most part, this generation does not care about monogamy.

(or maybe FSM is good to me)