A Large AZFc Deletion Removes DAZ3/DAZ4 and Nearby Genes from Men in Y Haplogroup N

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 180-187

  Fernandes, S ^a,b   Paracchini, S ^c,d   Meyer, L H ^a   Floridia, G ^c,e   Tyler Smith, C ^c,f   Vogt, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE; GENE DAZ3; GENE DAZ4; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0345742509     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381132     Document Type: Article

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