Does human sperm nuclear DNA integrity affect embryo quality?

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1016-1022

  Acharyya, Silpi ^a   Kanjilal, Sagarika ^b   Bhattacharyya, Asok K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Embryo; Human sperm; Nuclear DNA; Sperm

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 27644538351     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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