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Defective recombination in infertile men
22 Sept 2004
Abstract excerpt
Two percent of men are infertile owing to defects in sperm production. In 10-15% of cases, Y chromosome deletions that encompass critical spermatogenesis genes are detected; in the remaining cases, the cause of infertility is unknown. In model organisms, defects in recombination genes cause infertility, germ cell aneuploidy and subsequent development of inviable or abnormal progeny. Several studies have also...
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