Dean Hamer (* 1951) is a Genetiker, who since 2005 director of the gene structure and - adjustment department in the national institute for cancer of the USA (genes Structure and regularization unit RK the U.S. national CAN cerium of institutes) is. It made a conclusion as Bachelor at the Trinity college, Connecticut and attained a doctorate to "„the Doctor OF Philosphy (Ph.D.) "“to the Harvard Medical School.

It is involved in two meaning scientific controversies. Together with Simon Levay it developed the theory of the existence one "„Gay gene "“, which determines the before with men. Later it postulated the existence one "„God gene "“, which should have been responsible for mirror-image-ritual and religious experiences.

Except its scientific work strictly speaking it published a number of popular-scientific books and is the owner of some patents.

Publications (English)

• The Science OF the Irish (Simon and shoemaker, 1994) ISBN 0684804468
• Living with Our of gene: Why They of matte More Than You Think - with Peter Copeland (Anchor, 1999) ISBN 0385485840
• The God of genes: How Faith is Hardwired into our gene (Doubleday, 2004) ISBN 0385500580

Publications (German)

• The inevitable inheritance (with Peter Copeland) ISBN 3502192928

Related links

• Dean Hamers website (English)
• D.C. scientist BREAK new lead on gay genes (English)

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