Publication Date:
2014-05-25
Description:
Article Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is a major cause of male infertility. Here, the authors provide insight into the genetic basis of NOA by identifying three new genetic risk loci in a genome-wide association study and reporting a fourth potential NOA susceptibility locus based on a Drosophila knockdown experiment. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4857 Authors: Zhibin Hu, Zheng Li, Jun Yu, Chao Tong, Yuan Lin, Xuejiang Guo, Feng Lu, Jing Dong, Yankai Xia, Yang Wen, Hao Wu, Honggang Li, Yong Zhu, Ping Ping, Xiangfeng Chen, Juncheng Dai, Yue Jiang, Shandong Pan, Peng Xu, Kailing Luo, Qiang Du, Bing Yao, Ming Liang, Yaoting Gui, Ning Weng, Hui Lu, Zhuqing Wang, Fengbin Zhang, Xiaobin Zhu, Xiaoyu Yang, Zhou Zhang, Han Zhao, Chenliang Xiong, Hongxia Ma, Guangfu Jin, Feng Chen, Jianfeng Xu, Xinru Wang, Zuomin Zhou, Zi-Jiang Chen, Jiayin Liu, Hongbing Shen, Jiahao Sha
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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