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Role of sperm DNA damage in creating de-novo mutations in human offspring: the 'post-meiotic oocyte collusion' hypothesis.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Jul 2022
Aitken Robert John
Abstract excerpt
Spermatogonial stem cells exhibit a low level of spontaneous mutation that is heavily impacted by paternal age via mechanisms that appear to involve the aberrant repair of DNA damage. This background de-novo mutation frequency can be increased 1000-fold by mutations affecting a key signal transduction pathway that confers upon its descendants a selective advantage, leading to clonal expansion and nests of mutant...
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