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Controversial ‘gay gene’ app provokes fears of a genetic Wild West

Debate highlights broader concerns about tools that use the results of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
  1. Amy Maxmen
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Joseph Vitti’s stomach turned when he opened a link an acquaintance had sent him. It took him to an app called ‘How Gay Are You?’ that purported to gauge a person’s level of attraction to others of the same sex, according to their genes.

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Nature 574, 609-610 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03282-0

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