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Localization of factors controlling spermatogenesis in the nonfluorescent portion of the human Y chromosome long arm.

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It is suggested that on the distal portion of the nonfluorescent segment of the long arm of the Y, factors are located controlling spermatogenesis.
Abstract
A deletion of the Y chromosome at the distal portion of band q11 was found in 6 men with normal male habitus but with azoospermia. Five of them were found during a survey of 1170 subfertile males while the sixth was karyotyped because of slight bone abnormalities. These findings, together with a review of the literature, suggest that on the distal portion of the nonfluorescent segment of the long arm of the Y, factors are located controlling spermatogenesis.

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The roles of the DAZ family in spermatogenesis: More than just translation?

TL;DR: The DAZ family of genes are important fertility factors in animals, including humans, and the common features of each DAZ gene and their roles during spermatogenesis in animals are summarized.
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Deleted Yq in the sterile son of a man with a satellited Y chromosome (Yqs).

TL;DR: The case appears to be the first of its kind reported in which a father with a satellited Y chromosome has produced a son carrying a different Y chromosome anomaly.
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The fragility of fertility.

TL;DR: Among apparently healthy men who nonetheless produce few or no sperm, about ten percent have microdeletions on their Y chromosome, most of which occur in the AZFc region on the long arm of the chromosome.
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The azoospermia factor (AZF) of the human Y chromosome in Yq11: function and analysis in spermatogenesis.

TL;DR: The frequency of AZF mutations in idiopathic sterile males (5-20%) may indicate a need for a general screening programme for its analysis in infertility clinics and indicates that azoospermia is possibly caused by more than one Y gene in Yq11 and the Yq 11 chromatin structure.
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Chromosome abnormalities in sperm of individuals with constitutional sex chromosomal abnormalities.

TL;DR: Men with Y chromosome microdeletions showed a reduction of normal Y-bearing sperm, and an increase in nullisomic and XY-disomic sperm, suggesting an instability of the deleted Y chromosome causing its loss in germ cells, and meiotic alterations leading to XY non-disjunction.
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A cytogenetic survey of 14,069 newborn infants. I. Incidence of chromosome abnormalities.

TL;DR: Data from a chromosome examination of 14,069 consecutive newborn infants is presented, finding 294 babies with a major chromosome abnormality or distinctive marker chromosomes.
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Possible role for H--Y antigen in the primary determination of sex.

TL;DR: The part that the X chromosome plays in male sexual differentiation has been clarified at the level of an individual gene situated on this chromosome.
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A cytogenetic survey of 14,069 newborn infants. I. Incidence of chromosome abnormalities

TL;DR: The results of the present study when combined with five other comparable studies, thus comprising a total of 46,150 newborn infants, indicates that the frequency of major chromosome abnormalities is between 1:150 and 1:200 live-born babies.
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Chromosome polymorphism in a human newborn population. II. Potentials of polymorphic chromosome variants for characterizing the idiogram of an individual.

TL;DR: The baseline data presented here reinforce the view that polymorphic chromosome characteristics are very useful markers for characterizing the karyotype of an infant born at the Albert Einstein College Hospital, Bronx, New York, and are consistent with the expectations of the Hardy-Weinberg law.
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