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A new mouse mutation causing male sterility and histoincompatibility.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Nov 1996
Ward-Bailey P F, Johnson K R, Handel M A, Harris B S, Davisson M T
Abstract excerpt
Male sterility and histoincompatibility, mshi, is an autosomal recessive mutation in BALB/cBy mice that causes reduced testis size and sterility in homozygous males. The testes of homozygous mutants are highly disorganized and appear to have a block in the regulation of male germ cell proliferation. No heterozygous effect is detectable. Reproduction is unaffected in females carrying the mutation. The mutation...
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