Fast forward to new genes in mammalian reproduction

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 578, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Furnes, Bjarte ^a   Schimenti, John ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOME; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; INFERTILITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERM; YEAST; FERTILIZATION; GCD2 GENE; GENE; GERMLINE MUTATION; MEI1 GENE; MEI8 GENE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; REPRO2 GENE; REPRO3 GENE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWM2 GENE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33845731700     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.119164     Document Type: Review

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