Y oh y are some men infertile?

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Nearly 3% of men are sterile. This can be caused by environmental or genetic factors. The environmental causes are relatively well

understood, but much less is known about the genetic ones. Men - and males of other mammalian species - have both X, and Y chromosomes, unlike females, who have two X chromosomes. The major

function of the Y chromosome is to determine 'maleness'. One of the hallmarks of being male is the production of sperm, and the Y chromosome contains a number of genes for the

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al. An azoospermic man with a _de novo_ point mutation in the Y-chromosomal gene _USP9Y_. _Nature Genetics_ 23, 429, (1999). Article  CAS  Google Scholar  Download references Authors *

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