"Micro-deletions" of the human Y chromosome and their relationship with male infertility

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 193-199

  Li, Zheng ^a   Haines, Christopher J ^b   Han, Yibing ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

human Y chromosome; male infertility; micro deletion

Indexed keywords

PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME NOR; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENBANK; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOGENE; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 42949165470     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60027-2     Document Type: Article

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