Quantitative trait analysis suggests human DAZL may be involved in regulating sperm counts and motility

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-83

  Hsu, Chao Chin ^a   Kuo, Po Hsiu ^b   Lee, I Wen ^c   Su, Mei Tsz ^c   Tseng, Joseph T ^d   Kuo, Pao Lin ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DAZL gene; haplotype; quantitative trait analysis; semen parameters; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETED IN AZOOSPERMIA LIKE GENE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HARDY WEINBERG DISTRIBUTION LAW; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TERATOZOOSPERMIA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TAIWAN;

EID: 78650177871     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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