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Slimebeast said:

I suppose. Those are the ones I am aware of since I studied the subject over 10 years ago in med school (on a small litterature study I made, actually promoting the theory that homosexuality is geneticially linked and evolutionary selected for through the kin-mechanism).

I'm not updated though, but one would think they should have found other markers by now (if there really is strong disposition for this trait). But I haven't read any big news about it so I suspect they haven't made any major discoveries yet.

Do you have some interesting to tell us about the whole thing?

The existence or even relevance of HMS 1 was never independently confirmed, and the "gene" itself was in 2007 withdrawn by HGNC. If you do an Entrez search for "homosexuality" you'll see that the only result you'll get is the (withdrawn) HMS 1. There isn't anything new.

From the studies I've read recently the current focus seems to be on epigentics.

(And I would argue that there is significant biological difference between ADHD and homosexuality. To see what I mean do an Entrez search for "Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder").