Can heterochromatin polymorphism of chromosome 6 affect fertility?

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-206

  Caglayan, Ahmet Okay ^a   Ozgun, M T ^b   Demiryilmaz, F ^a   Ozyazgan, I ^a  

^a KAYSERI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; C BANDING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE CONTROL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 67650531651     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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