Differences in gonadotropin-regulated testicular helicase (GRTH/DDX25) single nucleotide polymorphism between Japanese and Chinese populations

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2611-2613

  Tsai Morris, Chon Hwa ^a   Koh, Eitetsu ^b   Dufau, Maria L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GONADOTROPIN REGULATED TESTICULAR HELICASE GENE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 54149117668     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den063     Document Type: Letter

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