Inadvertent diagnosis of male infertility through genealogical DNA testing

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-368

  King, T E ^a   Bosch, E ^a,b   Adams, S M ^a   Parkin, E J ^a   Rosser, Z H ^a   Jobling, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GREENLAND; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 17144391076     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.023796     Document Type: Article

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