Template:Gay gene

List of chromosomal locations associated with sexual orientation

Chromosome	Location	Associated genes	Sex	Study1	Origin	Note
X chromosome	Xq28	Speculative MAGEA11 MECP2 IRAK1	male only	Hamer et al. 1993 Sanders et al. 2015	genetic
Chromosome 1	1p36	Rh system RHCE RHAG RHBG RHCG RHD	both sexes	Ellis et al. 2008		potential genetic linkage2
Chromosome 4	4p14		female only	Ganna et al. 2019
Chromosome 7	7q31		both sexes	Ganna et al. 2019
Chromosome 8	8p12	NKAIN3	male only	Mustanski et al. 2005 Sanders et al. 2015 Sanders et al. 2017
Chromosome 9	9q34	ABO	both sexes	Ellis et al. 2008		potential genetic linkage2
Chromosome 11	11q12	OR51A7 (speculative)	male only	Ganna et al. 2019		Olfactory system in mating preferences
Chromosome 12	12q21		both sexes	Ganna et al. 2019
Chromosome 13	13q31	SLITRK6	male only	Sanders et al. 2017		Diencephalon-associated gene
Chromosome 14	14q31	TSHR	male only	Sanders et al. 2017
Chromosome 15	15q21	TCF12	male only	Ganna et al. 2019
1Reported primary studies are not conclusive evidence of any relationship. 2Not believed to be causal.

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