RNA in the ejaculate spermatozoon: A window into molecular events in spermatogenesis and a record of the unusual requirements of haploid gene expression and post-meiotic equilibration

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 669-676

  Miller, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haploid equilibration; Haploid gene expression; Meiosis; Repetitive elements; Spermatozoal RNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031196379     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.8.669     Document Type: Article

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