DNA repair genes and genomic instability in severe male factor infertility

The Genetics of Male Infertility

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 145-163

  Gordon, Francesca K E ^a   Lamb, Dolores J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis; SPO 11; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449112429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-176-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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