Study shows genes may play a role in promiscuity
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study, in what is likely to stir some controversy, researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have shown that finches in the wild, normally a monogamous type of bird, tend to cheat on their "spouses" and whats more, it appears to be an inherited trait; but thats not the end of it, the researchers also suggest in their paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that such inherited traits may also exist in other species, including man.