Male infertility and the Y chromosome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 928-933

  McElreavey, Ken ^a   Krausz, Csilla ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME YQ; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETICS; MALE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033107158     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302351     Document Type: Article

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