Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-29 Thread Silvia Secchi
McGuire Life Sciences Building > Amherst, MA 01002 > 413-542-2097 > trub...@amherst.edu > > > -Original Message- > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Leslie M. Adams > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 9:

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-29 Thread Taylor Spaulding
ldren than do > sisters of heterosexuals. > > David McNeely > > > > > Tom Culliney > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto: > ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Schuler > >

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-29 Thread Tracie Rubeck
7 trub...@amherst.edu -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Leslie M. Adams Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 9:46 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality Homosexuals are both

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2013-03-29 Thread Leslie M. Adams
;  - Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 8:30 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality The

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-29 Thread David L. McNeely
@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Schuler > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:58 PM > To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality > > Many of you seem to be implying that a "high" frequency of homosexuals in > human populations mu

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-29 Thread Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS
ve offense, borderline or otherwise. Tom Culliney -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Schuler Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:58 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L]

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Mitch Cruzan
al. Tom Culliney From: Jonathan Colburn [mailto:col...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:05 AM To: Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality Hi Tom, Respectfully, the Darwinian fitness sounds like inclusive fitness, which is often measured by rep

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Matt Schuler
t; > > > > Mitch Cruzan > > > > > > > > > On 3/28/2013 7:46 AM, Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS wrote: > > > > > >> I was referring to strict homosexuality in humans. Granted, there > > >> probably are cases in which children of a (perh

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Kurt Broz
ness > >> of a strict homosexual is, as a rule, zero. Helpers at the nest do forgo > >> their own reproduction to help relatives raise offspring, but, as far > as I > >> know, there is no requirement for them to be homosexual. > >> > >> Tom Culliney > &

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Mitch Cruzan
o be homosexual. Tom Culliney From: Jonathan Colburn [mailto:col...@gmail.com <mailto:col...@gmail.com>] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:05 AM To: Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

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2013-03-28 Thread David V Howe
Journal of Sexual Medicine 2012. > > From: "Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS" >To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU >Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:07 PM >Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality > >Not every trait need be for some purpo

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Patrick Mears
gt; >> her inclusive fitness, but such cases would be rare. The Darwinian > fitness > >> of a strict homosexual is, as a rule, zero. Helpers at the nest do forgo > >> their own reproduction to help relatives raise offspring, but, as far > as I > >> know, there is no re

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Martin Meiss
t; probably are cases in which children of a (perhaps deceased) sibling or >>> other close relative would be raised by a homosexual, thus raising his or >>> her inclusive fitness, but such cases would be rare. The Darwinian fitness >>> of a strict homosexual is, as a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Martin Meiss
es in which children of a (perhaps deceased) sibling or >> >> other close relative would be raised by a homosexual, thus raising his >> or >> >> her inclusive fitness, but such cases would be rare. The Darwinian >> fitness >> >> of a strict homosexual is, as a r

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Martin Meiss
e homosexual. >> >> Tom Culliney >> >> From: Jonathan Colburn [mailto:col...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:05 AM >> To: Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS >> Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality >> >> >> Hi Tom, >&

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS
Culliney -Original Message- From: Mitch Cruzan [mailto:cru...@pdx.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:31 PM To: Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS Cc: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality This neglects that fact that homosexuality is not an accident of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Mitch Cruzan
, as far as I know, there is no requirement for them to be homosexual. Tom Culliney From: Jonathan Colburn [mailto:col...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:05 AM To: Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality Hi Tom, Respectfully, the Darwinian

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Gi-Mick Wu
o their own > reproduction to help relatives raise offspring, but, as far as I know, there > is no requirement for them to be homosexual. > > Tom Culliney > > From: Jonathan Colburn [mailto:col...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:05 AM > To: Culliney, Thomas

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS
AM To: Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality Hi Tom, Respectfully, the Darwinian fitness sounds like inclusive fitness, which is often measured by reproductive success. However, reproductive success of a homosexual is not always a good measure of their

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Mitch Cruzan
Homosexuality may be maintained in different species for different reasons. It's probable that the case for humans was different because of our unique history. Fitness is not just based on individual performance, but an individual may increase their fitness through their relatives (termed 'kin

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Exclusive homosexuality

2013-03-28 Thread Culliney, Thomas W - APHIS
I note that the albatross article mentioned the words "natural" and "normal." Homosexuality certainly is natural, as it occurs in nature, in animals from groups ranging from arthropods to mammals (who knows what goes on in the plant kingdom?). In all cases, there appears to be an adaptive reason