New methods for assessing male germ line mutations in humans and genetic risks in their offspring

Mutagenesis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Verhofstad, Nicole ^a   Linschooten, Joost O ^a   Van Benthem, Jan ^b   Dubrova, Yuri E ^c   Van Steeg, Harry ^b   Van Schooten, Frederik J ^a   Godschalk, Roger W L ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RISK; GERM LINE; HUMAN; INDUCED MUTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; RISK; RODENTIA; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 46349086986     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gen022     Document Type: Review

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