Nuclear organisation of sperm remains remarkably unaffected in the presence of defective spermatogenesis

Chromosome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 741-753

  Ioannou, Dimitris ^a,e   Meershoek, Eric J ^b   Christopikou, Dimitra ^c   Ellis, Michael ^d   Thornhill, Alan R ^a,e   Griffin, Darren Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Kreatech Diagnostics   (Netherlands)

^c Embryogenesis IVF Unit   (Greece)

^d Digital Scientific UK   (United Kingdom)

^e London Bridge Fertility Gynaecology and Genetics Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FISH; Nuclear organization; Oligoasthenoteratozoopsermia; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERPHASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 82955236092     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-011-9238-z     Document Type: Article

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