Human Y chromosome deletions in Yq11 and male fertility

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 424, Issue , 1997, Pages 17-30

  Vogt, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE FERTILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030710115     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5913-9_2     Document Type: Review

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