The role of human and mouse Y chromosome genes in male infertility

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 630-645

  Affara, N A ^a   Mitchell, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Deletions candidate genes; Male fertility; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME MAP; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033708723     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03343787     Document Type: Review

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