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Splicing mutation in Sbf1 causes nonsyndromic male infertility in the rat.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 2016
Liška František, Chylíková Blanka, Janků Michaela, Šeda Ondřej, Vernerová Zdeňka, Pravenec Michal, Křen Vladimír
Abstract excerpt
In the inbred SHR/OlaIpcv rat colony, we identified males with small testicles and inability to reproduce. By selectively breeding their parents, we revealed the infertility to segregate as an autosomal recessive Mendelian character. No other phenotype was observed in males, and females were completely normal. By linkage using a backcross with Brown Norway strain, we mapped the locus to a 1.2Mbp segment on...
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