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Homosexual Orientation

The search for a biological basis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Bancroft
John Bancroft*
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MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Behaviour Research Group, The Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 437 - 440
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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