Age has no effect on de novo constitutional t(11;22) translocation frequency in sperm

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1446-1448

  Kato, Takema ^a,b   Yamada, Kouji ^a   Inagaki, Hidehito ^a   Kogo, Hiroshi ^a   Ohye, Tamae ^a   Emanuel, Beverly S ^c   Kurahashi, Hiroki ^a,b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 21st Century Center   (Japan)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 35649020743     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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