Are men carrying the apolipoprotein ε4- or ε2 allele less fertile than ε3ε3 genotypes?

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-242

  Gerdes, Lars Ulrik ^a,b   Gerdes, Christian ^a   Hansen, Peter Steen ^a   Klausen, I Christian ^a   Faergeman, Ole ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Randers Centralsygehus   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHILD; DENMARK; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0029934387     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050200     Document Type: Article

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