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Technically true, and I'm sure the title wasn't intended to have that effect, but judging by the other comments, it appears some people still seem to be led to believe it meant "no genetic cause" - so it's still worth pointing out.

But yes, that's not necessarily malice or incompetence on the part of the title's author.

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> But yes, that's not necessarily malice or incompetence on the part of the title's author.

If it's not malice, then it's linguistic incompetence.

Well, incompetence in that they didn't manage to achieve clarity for all readers, but not in the sense that someone else would've been able to think of a better title that would achieve that, I think.

Sure they would: "Study Finds No Unique Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior".

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