Impact of genetic engineering on the understanding of spermatogenesis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-210

  Escalier, Denise ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa; Testis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM CELL; HEMIZYGOSITY; HEREDITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; TESTIS; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0035098818     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/7.2.191     Document Type: Review

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