Animal models: candidate genes for human male infertility;Modèles animaux : gènes candidats pour l'infertilité masculine

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 827-830

  Escalier, D ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Infertility; Male reproduction; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL MATURATION; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FLAGELLUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33748783825     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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