Unexplained infertility in Charles Darwin's family: Genetic aspect

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1237-1238

  Golubovsky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LETTER; MEIOSIS;

EID: 44449103604     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den052     Document Type: Letter

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