Molecular genetics of male infertility: stem cell factor/c-kit system.

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PROBLEM: Infertility, affects about 5% of human males and genetic factors are recognized in approximately 30% of them. The mouse represents a good model to study autosomal genes that might play a role in spermatogenesis. In mice, mutations in the c-kit gene and in the gene encoding stem cell factor (SCF) cause pleiotropic defects among which sterility. A possible involvement of the SCF/c-kit system in human...

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