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Spam1-associated transmission ratio distortion in mice: elucidating the mechanism.
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E - 10 Aug 2005
Martin-DeLeon Patricia A, Zhang Hong, Morales Carlos R, Zhao Yutong, Rulon Michelle, Barnoski Barry L, Chen Hong, Galileo Deni S
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BACKGROUND: While transmission ratio distortion, TRD, (a deviation from Mendelian ratio) is extensive in humans and well-documented in mice, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Our earlier studies on carriers of spontaneous mutations of mouse Sperm Adhesion Molecule 1 (Spam1) suggested that TRD results from biochemically different sperm, due to a lack of transcript sharing through the intercellular cytoplasmic...
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