What Does the Infidelity Gene Mean for You?
I recently posted on what’s being called the “infidelity gene” on AskDanAndJennifer.com. Here’s part of the post:
A new gene discovered by scientists is being called the “infidelity gene,” but what does that actually mean, and is the name truly rooted in the scientific discovery?
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have found a link between a specific gene and the way men bond to their partners. The same gene has been previously studied in voles, where it has been linked to monogamous behavior in males, but this is the first time that a specific gene variant has been associated with male bonding.
The Genetic Link and How it Affects Relationships
The effect of this variation is relatively small, and it cannot be used to predict with any real accuracy how someone will behave in a future relationship.
Hasse Walum, postgraduate student at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and his team found that men who carry one or two copies of a variant of a particular gene linked to hormone receptors, allele 334, often behave differently in relationships than men who lack this gene variant.
Check out the rest on their blog here.