Neurotransmitter Glutamate controls homosexuality in fruit flies?

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2鈥?/a>





If that's the case then theoretically by changing the levels of glutamate you change the strenghth of the connections between neurons which results in a change in sexual orientation. I guess if sexuality is liable to change in fruit flies then why not humans. What are your personal opinions on this article?Neurotransmitter Glutamate controls homosexuality in fruit flies?
One more time.......the neurology of a HUMAN is vastly different than that of a fruit fly, this should not be all that hard to understand. This article that is circulating is an exact example of why popularization of scientific articles can be a bad idea. The writer often totally misses the significance and jumps to conclusions based on his or her own bias.Neurotransmitter Glutamate controls homosexuality in fruit flies?
I think you misunderstand. Fruit flies don't have a sexual orientation. They aren't attracted to others based on complex emotional and physical conditions, they're more focused on pheramones and ability to identify gender.





All this shows is that fruit flies can be 'tricked' into seeking the wrong gender in attempt to mate. It's seriously unlikely to move on to altering sexual attraction in humans or any mammal for that matter.
Gee, they can genetically engineer mice by gene splicing to run faster on treadmills but that doesn't mean there wil be a race of superhumans anytime soon. And a fruitfly's 'brain' is a far less complex one than a persons...and were not rats used to determine the Food Pyramid for feeding people, during World War 2? And the results are: it's great for fattening hogs but people in the West who follow it blindly suffer huge levels of obesity? So no, I think your question and thoughts on this are incredibly underdeveloped, and have no correlation to any possibilities. If they found a chemical to make fruitflies bugger each other silly, would you encourage that as a solution to world overpopulation? I somehow don't think so! All you show is a bias with a very weak basis and a poor knowledge of genetic research.
My glutes are quite fine, thanks anyway.





Genetically engineered oats are quite convenient for farmers but I prefer the natural oats.





My oatmeal is so tender and fresh. It give me all the energy I need and my home smells breakfasty, well that's in part due to the homemade cinnabuns Mrs. Pietrobelli brings me on Saturdays.