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Advancing age has differential effects on DNA damage, chromatin integrity, gene mutations, and aneuploidies in sperm.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Jun 2006
Wyrobek A J, Eskenazi B, Young S, Arnheim N, Tiemann-Boege I, Jabs E W, Glaser R L, Pearson F S, Evenson D
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This study compares the relative effects of advancing male age on multiple genomic defects in human sperm [DNA fragmentation index (DFI), chromatin integrity, gene mutations, and numerical chromosomal abnormalities], characterizes the relationships among these defects and with semen quality, and estimates the incidence of susceptible individuals for a well characterized nonclinical nonsmoking group of 97 men...
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