The Y-chromosome and reproductive disorders

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  McDonough, Paul G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME YQ; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISOMY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GAMETE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031876743     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R98033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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