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 mean...

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