Y-chromosomal DNA haplotype differences in control and infertile Italian subpopulations

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 733-736

  Previderé, Carlo ^e   Stuppia, Liborio ^a,b   Gatta, Valentina ^a   Fattorini, Paolo ^c   Palka, Giandomenico ^a   Tyler Smith, Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Ist Citomorfologia Um Normale P   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Medicina Legale   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Dipto Med Legale e San Pubblica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biallelic marker; Male infertility; Population substructure; SNP; Y chromosomal DNA haplotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SPERMATOZOA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032884981     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200359     Document Type: Article

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