Spermatogenic ability is different among males in different Y chromosome lineage

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 289-292

  Kuroki, Yoko ^a,d   Iwamoto, Teruaki ^b   Lee, Juwon ^a   Yoshiike, Miki ^b   Nozawa, Shiari ^b   Nishida, Takayasu ^b   Ewis, Ashraf A ^a   Nakamura, Hideki ^a   Toda, Tatsushi ^c   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^d   Kotliarova, Svetlana E ^d   Kondoh, Nobuyuki ^e   Koh, Eitetsu ^f   Namiki, Mikio ^f   Shinka, Toshikatsu ^a   Nakahori, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Osaka Central Hospital   (Japan)

^f KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Haplotype; Male lineage; Sperm concentration; Spermatogenic ability; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; Y CHROMOSOME;

FERTILITY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032881175     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380050162     Document Type: Article

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