Detection of chromosomes and estimation of aneuploidy in human spermatozoa using fluorescence in-situ hybridization

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 585-598

  Downie, Sarah E ^a   Flaherty, Sean P ^a   Matthews, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Chromosome; FISH; Human spermatozoa; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CRICETINAE; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031181612     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.7.585     Document Type: Article

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