La naturaleza multifactorial del comportamiento homosexual humano: una breve revisión

• Barona, Daniel ^[1] ; Aponte, Héctor ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Científica del Sur

     Universidad Científica del Sur

     Perú

     
• Localización: Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento ( RACC ), ISSN-e 1852-4206, Vol. 6, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 61-70
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.32348/1852.4206.v6.n3.8670
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The multifactorial nature of human homosexual behavior: A brief review
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  • español

    El comportamiento homosexual ha sido analizado en el contexto biológico como una paradoja evolutiva. En esta revisión intentaremos compilar las principales explicaciones genéticas, epigenéticas, hormonales, neurológicas e inmunitarias de la homosexualidad, así como las razones evolutivas últimas de este comportamiento complejo en el ser humano, incorporando también información proveniente de estudios en otras especies animales. Todos estos factores determinan el comportamiento homosexual, actuando muchas veces de manera sinérgica. Los factores hereditarios, tanto como los no hereditarios, determinan el comportamiento homosexual y explican su persistencia a pesar de sus aparentes desventajas relacionadas al fitness reproductivo.

  • English

    Homosexual behavior has been analyzed as an evolutionary paradox in the biological context. In this review, we will try to compile the main genetic, epigenetic, hormonal, neurological and immune explanations of homosexuality, as well as the ultimate evolutionary causes of this complex behavior in the human being, incorporating information from studies in other animal species. All these factors determine the homosexual behavior, acting most of the times, simultaneously. Hereditary and non hereditary factors determine homosexual behavior, explaining its persistence despite its apparent disadvantages in relation to reproductive fitness.

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