Gene Family ID # Chromosome Chromosome Region*
(NCBI Build 34)
Status Post Date
Flanking Markers Base Pair
repro3 G1-397-28 Chr 10 D10Mit38 to D10Mit194 44256482-47007195 Cryopreserved 5/14/07
Male
Phenotype

In vitro clinic: Low epididymal sperm concentration, many sperm have abnormally shaped heads, sperm tails are short, no sperm motility, no IVF success.

Histology evaluation: Abnormal spermiogenesis (see 1) characterized by abnormally shaped sperm heads and abnormal tail morphology.

Publication: Lessard C, Lothrop H, Schimenti JC, Handel MA. Mutagenesis-generated mouse models of human infertility with abnormal sperm. Hum Reprod. 2007 Jan;22(1):159-66. Epub 2006 Aug 18.

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1. Abnormal spermatid heads    
     
     

*The scope of our funding includes mapping of the mutation to a chromosomal region, but in most cases does not include cloning of the gene responsible for the infertile phenotype.