Study reveals rate at which key genetic deletions contribute to male infertility

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 12:01 in Biology & Nature

A large-scale analysis of Y chromosomes from more than 20,000 men finds that two spontaneously recurring deletions along a complex region of the Y chromosome are responsible for approximately 8 percent of cases of failed sperm production, according to researchers.

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