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The love-rat gene.. Jen dokhtar bazi pesar bazi

I read in the newspaper today that even a lack of commitment is put down to genes. So if you go round sleeping with everyone it is becauseof your genes don't blame yourself. I could see a day coming when they try to convict a criminal they will say this person had the genes, he could not help but kill this person, and let him go scott free. Already there are talks for some insurance companies that say if someone has gene for say for example cancer they will not insure them, where will this end?

Maskharas Jen dokhtar baz boodan ya pesar baz boodan ham peyda kardan


The article:
Daily Mail Tues 2nd Sept 2008
The love-rat gene

Try as they might, some men seem unable to stop themselves being serial love rats.

Well-known philanderers such as James Hewitt and Mick Jagger have become infamous for their bed-hopping exploits.

To most of us, such behaviour appears simply to be old-fashioned lust. But scientists now believe the Casanova tendency could be down to the make-up of a man's brain - and it could be 'cured' by gene therapy.

Injecting naturally promiscuous animals with a 'love gene' can turn them into monogamous and doting partners, research shows. And the same treat-ment could work on people.

The findings centre on the brain's response to the hormone vasopressin, which plays a key role in human male behaviour such as aggression, communication and sexual activity.

American scientists who carried out the study say it raises the possibility that a similar technique could one day be used to turn roving Romeos into caring, home-loving types with eyes only for their spouse or partner.

Dr Larry Young, of the school of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, said: 'It is intriguing to consider that individual differences in vasopressin receptors in humans might play a role in how differently people form relationships.'

His team studied male prairie voles, which form lifelong relationships with a single mate. They also studied male meadow voles, which frequently mate with several partners. The prairie vole's brain contains large number of receptors which control the release of vasoofpressin into the brain, while the meadow vole has far fewer.

Vasopressin is released after sex, stimulating the brain's 'reward centre'.

The researchers believe that while most individuals associate such feelings of satisfaction with a particular partner, those with low levels of receptors do not make this link - meaning they are more likely to stray.

They injected a single gene containing vasopressin receptors into the brains of meadow voles and then observed their mating behaviour.

The modified animals were instantly transformed from selfcentred serial sex- seekers to lovestruck and faithful partners to the last female in their life before they were injected, the journal Nature reports.

During a 24-hour period of observation, they constantly huddled close to their partner, ignoring another female which they would previously have been expected to bond with, and possibly-mate with. Dr Young said it is likely that more than one genetic factor is involved in controlling the human tendency to form lifelong bonds or constantly seek out new sexual partners. But he believes vasopressin receptors could be one of them.

'Our study provides evidence, in a comparatively simple animal model, that changes in the activity of a single gene can profoundly change a fundamental social behaviour of animals within a species,' he added.

But he also warned that in the human world, culture and personal experience may be stronger influences on behaviour. 'In other words, the human love rats may not want to be cured.'

The researchers believe their findings may also be of relevance to disorders such as autism, where people have problems forming social bonds, suggesting could be related to a shortage of these receptors.
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