Impact of sperm DNA chromatin in the clinic

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 157-166

  Ioannou, Dimitrios ^a   Miller, David ^b   Griffin, Darren K ^c   Tempest, Helen G ^a,d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Chromatin; Genetic integrity; Sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

DNA; CHROMATIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; FEMALE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84958918800     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-015-0624-x     Document Type: Review

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