Human mtDNA haplogroups and reduced male fertility: Real association or hidden population substructuring

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-247

  Pereira, Luísa ^a   Gonçalves, João ^b   Goios, Ana ^a   Rocha, Tiago ^c   Amorim, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c Maternidade Dr Alfredo da Costa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

HVRI; Mitochondrial DNA; Oligozoospermia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 23044507572     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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