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I thank Eva Garrett for helpful discussions and Paul Vasey for the opportunity to contribute this commentary. Research in the author’s laboratory is supported by NSF Award IOS-1755379.
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Haag, E.S. One Gene Is Not Enough To Explain the Evolution of Homosexuality. Arch Sex Behav 50, 2289–2291 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01575-z
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