Genetics of the human Y chromosome and its association with male infertility

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Colaco, Stacy ^a   Modi, Deepak ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

AZF; AZFc; Gr gr deletions; Infertility; Microdeletions; Prevalence; Spermatogenesis; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DELETED IN AZOOSPERMIA PROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PROTOCADHERIN 11; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN Y LINKED; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 9 Y LINKED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN Y;

AFRICAN; AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME YQ; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOGENETICS; DRAVIDIAN PEOPLE; EAST ASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INHERITANCE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MONGOLIAN (PEOPLE); NON RECOMBINING REGION OF Y; NONHUMAN; PSEUDO AUTOSOMAL REGION 1; PSEUDO AUTOSOMAL REGION 2; REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER; Y CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 85042150790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-018-0330-5     Document Type: Review

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